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Dutch authorities allegedly seize VPN server without a warrant — company claims that law enforcement will return it after analyzing the device fully (www.tomshardware.com)
submitted 1 day ago by FundMECFS@anarchist.nexus to c/technology@lemmy.world
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The authorities apparently got tired of asking and just went in themselves.

Canada-based Windscribe, a VPN provider, just said that one of its European servers has been allegedly seized by Dutch authorities without a warrant. According to the company’s post on X, law enforcement said that they will return it to the service provider after they “fully analyze it.” It’s unclear why law enforcement impounded just a single rack from Windscribe’s cabinet, but the VPN provider said that it only uses RAM disk servers, meaning anyone who would look through the installed SSDs would only find a stock Ubuntu install on it, so the servers shouldn't hold any trackable data.

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[–] gressen@lemmy.zip 51 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (13 children)

Got it, do not use IT services in ~~Denmark~~ Netherlands.

[–] deadmyk@lemmy.world 71 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Dutch is not Denmark. Dutch is Netherlands

[–] sunbeam60@feddit.uk 28 points 23 hours ago (4 children)

“Oh you’re Danish! You should meet my friend Geert Van den Berg, he’s also from Dutchland!”

If I had a penny for every time, I’d have at least three fiddy.

[–] NeilBru@lemmy.world 4 points 7 hours ago

Tree-fiddy.

[–] P1k1e@lemmy.world 11 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

Goddamn it Loch ness Monster.....

[–] regedit@lemmy.zip 9 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

Right? I use lemmy to avoid dinosaurs from the Paleozoic era, not to interact with them!

[–] vrek@programming.dev 2 points 12 hours ago

Look, I know I am no longer young and hip but calling me a dinosaur hurts my feelings...

[–] einkorn@feddit.org 5 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

Also, turns out Geert is from Germany and not the Netherlands.

[–] sunbeam60@feddit.uk 4 points 7 hours ago

Cries in European.

[–] Poem_for_your_sprog@lemmy.world 3 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

I have a friend from swederland

[–] pirat@lemmy.world 3 points 16 hours ago

Oh, I love swiss cheese!

[–] lesinge@sh.itjust.works 22 points 1 day ago

An important distinction lol

[–] pdxfed@lemmy.world 3 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 23 hours ago) (1 children)
[–] ToTheGraveMyLove@sh.itjust.works 2 points 23 hours ago

This is probably my favorite cold open in one of my favorite shows of all time. 😂

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