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Re:Operating a Tor Relay by jand on Wednesday June 17, 2020 @07:14AM (#23550092)
Just for context: This is relativly new in Germany. In 2017 there was a change which has as consequences

- witnesses _have to_ appear in person if requested (by police or DA)

- witnesses _have to_ make statements regarding the case at hand

This is quite a nice tool if you lack moral. You might request the suspect to appear as a witness and try to leverage the new requirements to make the suspect reveal damaging information.

Maybe this was the reason that Germany was mentioned before.

Re:Operating a Tor Relay by gruez on Wednesday June 17, 2020 @09:29AM (#23551110)
>This is quite a nice tool if you lack moral. You might request the suspect to appear as a witness and try to leverage the new requirements to make the suspect reveal damaging information.

Germany doesn't have protections against self-incrimination? Or does this rely on the suspect being too cooperative for his own good?

Re:Operating a Tor Relay by Certhas on Wednesday June 17, 2020 @10:47AM (#23552071)
Germany does have such protection. Parent was probably wildly speculating:

https://de.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auskunftsverweigerungsrecht

Re:Operating a Tor Relay by codethief on Friday June 19, 2020 @08:21PM (#23580324)
I think you meant to link to https://de.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aussageverweigerungsrecht . Auskunftsverweigerungsrecht, according to the article, is a right of witnesses.
Re:Operating a Tor Relay by Certhas on Saturday June 20, 2020 @04:27AM (#23582614)
We were talking about the rights of witnesses?
Re:Operating a Tor Relay by codethief on Sunday June 21, 2020 @05:37PM (#23595622)
I was referring to this question by the grandparent which I read as being about a suspect's (not a witness's) rights:

> Germany doesn't have protections against self-incrimination?

Re:Operating a Tor Relay by codethief on Wednesday June 17, 2020 @08:22AM (#23550494)
Do you have a source for that and/or an article where they elaborate on the implications of those changes?