> They are not accused of a crime but considered to be witnesses in a case...
Wow, so the witnesses are treated like criminals now.
Wow, so the witnesses are treated like criminals now.
Please note: I do still, from what I read here, find this excessive use of power. A normal warrant with a request for data could very well have been enough, but that's guessing what kind of evidence the police expected to find.
This is the police. We have reason to believe you've witnessed a crime somewhere at some time.
Please willingly give us all of your electronics right now. Yes we know you need them for work, for living, and that they cost thousands of USD.
No we cant tell you when we'll give them back.
Thanks Politie
That seems ridiculous. I mean, there's no way that Zwiebelfreunde would have any data about Riseup's email accounts. Even Riseup claims to retain nothing.
I suppose that Zwiebelfreunde might have handled contributions to Riseup from someone using the targeted email address. So there might be a money trail. But that's pretty iffy.
However, the raid is still out of bounds in certain other aspects (though I suspect the "take everything" the police pulled is more related to the officers having no idea what a server is vs a desktop computer. It wouldn't be the first time police officers simply don't know so they take it all)