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Dmitry Bogatov (Debian Package and TOR Exit Node Maintainer) in Custody

posted by on Wednesday April 19 2017, @12:46PM   Printer-friendly
from the only-the-NSA-maintains-TOR-exit-nodes dept.

Soylentbob writes:

First things first: The Missing Link!

Dmitry Bogatov (maintainer for several Debian packages and a TOR exit node) was arrested in Moscow, accused of endorsing violence and mayhem. The Debian project reacted by - besides giving their moral support - revoking access rights based on his private key as a precaution, in case the key gets compromised.

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  • (Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday April 19 2017, @03:06PM (2 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday April 19 2017, @03:06PM (#496337)

    ...Sjoerd Simons, Michael Biebl, Marco d'Itri and Martin Pitt?

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  • (Score: 3, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday April 19 2017, @03:17PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday April 19 2017, @03:17PM (#496344)

    They weren't living at the power center of an actual dictatorship.

  • (Score: 3, Funny) by letssee on Thursday April 20 2017, @11:06AM

    by letssee (2537) on Thursday April 20 2017, @11:06AM (#496795)

    Way to go! Wishing someone in prison (in russia none the less!) because they took some decisions you don't like. On a volunteer project. For free.

    It's a miracle *anyone* wants to do debian maintenance work considering the amount of bile that gets heaped upon you for every decision you make.

    Oh how I wish we could go back to the nineties, before the endless september. Of course there were heated debates and flamewars back then but nothing compared to the indiscriminate *hatred* spewing forth from disgruntled complainers everywhere.

    Please start your own systemd-free distro. And find out the question where to spend your time is a very pressing one.