"Anonymous" File-Sharing Darknet Ruled Illegal By German Court 285
An anonymous reader writes "A court in Hamburg, Germany, has granted an injunction against a user of the anonymous and encrypted file-sharing network RetroShare. RetroShare users exchange data through encrypted transfers and the network setup ensures that the true sender of the file is always obfuscated. The court, however, has now ruled that RetroShare users who act as an exit node are liable for the encrypted traffic that's sent by others."
Re:What's next? (Score:1, Funny)
Re:Exit node malware coming soon (Score:5, Funny)
Someone should hack the Judge's computer and use as an exit node....
Re:I don't understand German law but... (Score:2, Funny)
So the common carriers know I have an encrypted VPN running between work and my house 5 days a week. They know I have an encrypted VPN between my house and my mobile device 24/7/365 the rest of the time.
So they give the police my name, what then?
Q: "What are you doing with that encrypted VPN?"
A: "Hiding from my fantasy football league friends the fact that I'm watching Barbie.com".
Please.
Re:Exit node malware coming soon (Score:5, Funny)
Someone should hack the Judge's computer and use as an exit node....
Probably happened about two days ago.
That German court ... (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Note to self: (Score:5, Funny)
Everyone I know uses exit nodes located on Sandy Island [slashdot.org].
Re:The Internet interprets censorship ... (Score:1, Funny)
Good thing we drone bomb counties that are against freedom eh? Good thing we are spending every last dollar we can spare defending our freedom in Iraq and Afghanistan, eh?
Re:The Internet interprets censorship ... (Score:5, Funny)
AC = Anonymous Canadian, eh?