Danish privacy activist Lars Andersen raided by police(twitter.com)
297 points by I_am_tiberius 8 hours ago | 250 comments
tl;dr: Danish privacy activist and ex-cop Lars Andersen was arrested by masked police who broke down his door after he obliquely published PM Mette Frederiksen's social security and phone numbers, alongside criticism of her encryption-ban and mass-surveillance proposals. According to Andersen, officers immediately cut power to his router and seized his Nest cameras (which had local storage) to prevent the arrest from being recorded, and refused to state the charges against him.
HN Discussion:
  • ~Andersen is a problematic figure who oversteps but raises some valid points about government hypocrisy
  • Andersen is not a credible privacy activist, but a right-wing extremist or drug-addled idiot
  • Using Google Nest cameras undermines his credibility as a privacy advocate
  • Police tactics (masked, cutting power, seizing cameras) were dangerous and concerning
  • Technical advice on making surveillance setups more resilient (UPS, hidden cameras)