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Re: Danish privacy activist Lars Andersen raided by police

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Post by bawolff » Mon, Jun 22, 2026, 5:35 AM UTC

sword_smith wrote: post #17

bawolff wrote: post #4

> The prefece to the story is, that I in a kind of roundabout and (I think) humorous way published "my two favorite numbers" by spelling out a 10 diget and a 8 diget number with letters. I didn't tell what they ment, but they where prime minister Mette Frederiksen's social security and phone number Umm, so was he arrested for doxing the prime minister? Is there more to the story than that? As someone who cares about…

That same prime minister supports the warrant-less use of medical records in police work and the ban of encryption through chat control. She wants to prevent the Danish population from having privacy, but demands it herself. Sorry, but that's not the Western way.

Just because you disagree with someone does not make it ok to dox them.

Re: Danish privacy activist Lars Andersen raided by police

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Post by Quothling » Mon, Jun 22, 2026, 5:36 AM UTC

I'm Danish and lars kragh andersen is a bit of a grey zone. He obviously goes over the line, he tried to put GPS trackers on the cars of ministers. He "stalks" their families, and dox their children online. He gave an interview on how he'd ignore people carrying a kilo gram of weed when he was a cop because he doesn't agree with the "war on drugs".

On the flip-side, he's sort of right. I assume that putting a GPS tracker on the car of our minister of justice is illegal, but that same minister (Peter Hummelgaard) is one of the key forces behind anti-encryption here in Europe. Similarily the politicians he stalk and harras are pro Palintir getting access to all our data, so Lars Andersen is sort of giving the politicians a taste of what they want to give everyone.

He goes way too far though. Especially if he actually wants change, the way he "protests" is directly damaging his own cause, since nobody is going to sympathise with harrassing children.

I suspect next time he'll have his cameras running with backup powers though.

Re: Danish privacy activist Lars Andersen raided by police

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Post by sword_smith » Mon, Jun 22, 2026, 5:36 AM UTC

klustregrif wrote: post #15

sword_smith wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Lars was a corrupt cop? Are you just using "corrupt" to mean "someone I don't like"?

I don’t care if you think drugs should be legalized, or even if you do drugs in your free time. If you are a cop doing drugs while on duty and decide to take it on yourself to not enforce the law against drug dealers you are corrupt, because you have decided to subjugate the law you are forced with enforcing. Now it’s true that he wasn’t officially charged with taking kickbacks from the drug dealers he would let oper…

Corruption is defined as "the abuse of entrusted power for private (usually financial) gain". Lars' case falls under the category of conscientious objection, as he's ideologically motivated. Pretty disgusting to frame that as corruption.

Re: Danish privacy activist Lars Andersen raided by police

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Post by klustregrif » Mon, Jun 22, 2026, 5:37 AM UTC

tommica wrote: post #5

klustregrif wrote: post #3

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Highly doubt that is the only reason he got this treatment. Need to go through his tweets to figure out what is his deal.

The guy constantly does crazy shit so sure, but this comes days after he announced he was stalking her children, so it’s very likely connected

Re: Danish privacy activist Lars Andersen raided by police

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Post by throw562 » Mon, Jun 22, 2026, 5:38 AM UTC

Another authoritarian govt

Re: Danish privacy activist Lars Andersen raided by police

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Post by bawolff » Mon, Jun 22, 2026, 5:38 AM UTC

throwaway27448 wrote: post #20

bawolff wrote: post #16

Earlier quoted context omitted.

At the same time, i would presume if his arrest was this irregular and illegal he would be taking it to actual court instead ofthe court of public opinion.

Are these exclusive opportunities? I'm not familiar with danish law.

Not exclusive, but in general its a bad idea to post on social media if you plan to take it up in court, as its very easy to accidentally say something that shoots yourself in the foot.

Re: Danish privacy activist Lars Andersen raided by police

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Post by selcuka » Mon, Jun 22, 2026, 5:38 AM UTC

Hamuko wrote: post #19

selcuka wrote: post #13

> When the two civilian dressed masked men entered the apparentment I think this is very irresponsible. What would happen if the owner was armed and harmed the police thinking that they were criminals?

> What would happen if the owner was armed and harmed the police thinking that they were criminals? A hefty prison sentence for illegal handling of firearms and attempted homicide would be my guess.

I was thinking of the police officers. Why risk your life for such a petty crime?

Re: Danish privacy activist Lars Andersen raided by police

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Post by N_Lens » Mon, Jun 22, 2026, 5:38 AM UTC

Quothling wrote: post #22

I'm Danish and lars kragh andersen is a bit of a grey zone. He obviously goes over the line, he tried to put GPS trackers on the cars of ministers. He "stalks" their families, and dox their children online. He gave an interview on how he'd ignore people carrying a kilo gram of weed when he was a cop because he doesn't agree with the "war on drugs". On the flip-side, he's sort of right. I assume that putting a GPS tra…

I expect he’ll be justified and vindicated in history if we end up in a global totalitarian prison planet scenario that seems to become more possible as the tech reaches that capability. “For the safety of the children” ofcourse.

Re: Danish privacy activist Lars Andersen raided by police

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Post by sword_smith » Mon, Jun 22, 2026, 5:39 AM UTC

bawolff wrote: post #18

sword_smith wrote: post #14

Lars is good at exposing the hypocrisy of the Danish government. In a former case he, sent the exact same threatening text to a prosecutor as that prosecutor had received a police report from a third party about, and that the prosecutor refused to pursue. Lars got jail time for that. Rules for thee but not for me.

Or alternatively, 2 wrongs don't make a right. Even if the text message was exactly the same, there are plenty of valid reasons why one might be prosecutable and the other might not be.

Sure. If you accept that we give up on equality before the law, one might be prosecutable and the other not.

Some of us prefer not to give up on that though.

Re: Danish privacy activist Lars Andersen raided by police

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Post by selcuka » Mon, Jun 22, 2026, 5:42 AM UTC

bawolff wrote: post #4

> The prefece to the story is, that I in a kind of roundabout and (I think) humorous way published "my two favorite numbers" by spelling out a 10 diget and a 8 diget number with letters. I didn't tell what they ment, but they where prime minister Mette Frederiksen's social security and phone number Umm, so was he arrested for doxing the prime minister? Is there more to the story than that? As someone who cares about…

> Obviously i want that to apply to everyone not just the rich and famous

Do you really want armed and masked police to break down the doors of people who dox others, disable their cameras, and arrest them while refusing to tell them the charges? Because without these details this would have been a non-story.