As of yesterday, we have to add the name Alex Pertsev to the list of peaceful, non-violent, political prisoners, who have wronged no other person, but only the pride of governments.
He developed a #privacy tool and was convicted for the potential crimes that someone else may have committed with the tool. There is zero evidence of himself having committed a crime, so the entire sentence of 64 months imprisonment is based on him merely writing decentralized #FOSS and running a Web GUI for it.
@lain@raucao
> “Tornado Cash does not pose any barrier for people with criminal assets who want to launder them. That is why the court regards the defendant guilty of the money laundering activities as charged.”
Pleroma does not have any filters against speech that is in violation of the German constitution, so watch out lain!!
@kaia@lain A Web GUI that you can connect to any fedi back-end, like e.g. Elk or Phanpy, is exactly the same thing according to the judge. Following their logic, you could indeed be punished for what someone else could publish through your Web GUI.
@kaia@raucao@lain don't worry though, the people laundering money with shitty paintings and modern art installations like a bunch of plastic grocery bags arranged in a room are free to walk the earth unencumbered
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