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Comment by myk9001 | Hacker News Reader

OK, I can see where they're coming from with things like Signal. Not that I agree, but at least I can understand the reasoning behind it.

But what is uBlock Origin's sin? A law-abiding citizen is supposed to be OK with seeing ads, or something?

Can someone who reads French please elaborate on what the linked piece is saying about it?

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The investigation partly relies on notes seized from the defendants which mention various privacy tools: GrapheneOS, LineageOS, Signal, Silence, Jitsi, OnionShare, F-Droid, Tor, RiseupVPN, Orbot, uBlock Origin…

According to investigators: "these elements confirm they were willing to live clandestinely".

According to the prosecution: "these notes consituted a real playbook allowing anonymous use of a phone, showing the person was willing to live in secrecy and hide their activities".

> showing the person was willing to live in secrecy and hide their activities

Wait, is it illegal to *checks notes* have personal privacy?

absolutely disgusting, you're telling me that you don't want to be stalked 24/7? that you don't want the whole world to know everything you're doing? how dare you imply that you're a human being and that privacy is one of the most important rights you have? now dance monkey, dance /s

to quote professor farnsworth: I don't want to live on this planet anymore

Perhaps it's that mistrusting FAANG (advertisers and snoopers) is one of their grounds for suspicion.

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