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British man Aditya Verma appears in Spanish court over plane-bomb hoax (www.bbc.com)

submitted 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) by possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 7 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (2 children)

Honestly I hope that this trial is swift and that the government ends up paying him for lost time and money.

On the other hand this is a really good reason to use encrypted communications

[–] Zoop@beehaw.org 3 points 9 months ago

He was acquitted, thankfully.

[–] Gooey0210@sh.itjust.works 1 points 9 months ago

And then you see the recent news about some presumably terrorists having "tails" and "signal" as evidence in their case