[ornel]

According to this tweet[0] citing a (locked) article, the arrested publisher was asked by police "Do you support president Macron? Have you participated in the recent demonstrations in France? What books will soon be published by La Fabrique?". Scary stuff

[0] https://twitter.com/Mathieu2jean/status/1648394577449984014

[1letterunixname]

The proper personal data hygiene tips are:

0. Never take your primary personal or work cell phone to any demonstration

1. Cover your face, if you can, or wear anti-facial recognition makeup

2. Do not use social media from primary personal devices

3. Anyone intent on trying to join the cause is a cop. Until proven otherwise, anyone you meet is a cop

4. The standard response to any official questions in the future is to deny all allegations, keep quiet, and ask for a lawyer

[c80e74f077]

Guess what, #1 is illegal in France: “Nul ne peut, dans l'espace public, porter une tenue destinée à dissimuler son visage”[0] (No one may, in the public space, wear clothing intended to conceal his face). Anti-facial recognition makeup should be fine, though. For the time being.

[0] https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/loda/article_lc/LEGIARTI00002...

[1letterunixname]

Generally a question posed to French society: So is it illegal to wear Islamic clothing or be concerned with airborne spread of communicable disease?

[barrysteve]

Bikelock-guy got ID and sentenced with roughly similar hygiene tips. There's no hiding really.

Cops/Feds can do parallel construction to nail you anyway. Use the fancy technology to discover what happened, build the case backwards with old fashioned techniques.

They never have to reveal the advantages they have, it's rigged.

[1letterunixname]

Chicken-little isn't a rationalization for lowering security practices. Let corrupt (not all are) police investigations go-ahead and attack the defenses of a prepared adversary.

[makeitdouble]

The kicker being, there is actually a 6th critical tip:

5. record your interactions with anyone around you, specially cops

The number 0 point (not bringing your cell phone) makes it pretty difficult, so you need an everyday phone, and a dedicated "demonstration" phone.

[psychphysic]

It's pretty pathetic of the French government to be silent on why exactly they flagged him like this.

And presumably did not arrest him on exit!

But I'm afraid since Brexit the UK gov has fallen over itself backwards to look like it's still able to work with EU agencies. It's more valuable to them to overzealously agree than to resist when we had a secure table at the EU table.

[1letterunixname]

Perhaps the optics of nations quid pro quo oppressing each others' citizens are better than direct oppression.

What are the tangible pro's and con's of Brexit?

IIRC, EU membership forced Scandinavian countries to broadly weaken regulations on toxic substances and discard the precautionary principle.

Would UK on Euro subsidize worse economic performance of other nations?

What is the new, actual situation in N Ireland in terms of trade, regulations, and standards?

[barnabee]

Shameful. I cannot fathom how anyone in government or the police believes this (whatever they asked him, whatever they were told) is anywhere close to ok.

[stametseater]

> I cannot fathom how anyone in government or the police believes this (whatever they asked him, whatever they were told) is anywhere close to ok.

Something along the lines of: It's okay when I do it, because my motives are pure, my cause is just. The ends justify the means.

With this sort of mentality, people have committed mass murder and earnestly believed they were the good guys. Millions upon millions have been murdered by people who were utterly convinced they were on the right side of history. Compared to that, police officers convincing themselves that it's okay to violate the civil rights of a publisher is child's play.