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It has come to our attention that on Saturday, November 28th, the police of Malmoe committed an apparently unwarranted search in the location of the hackerspace Forskningsavdelningen. | It has come to our attention that on Saturday, November 28th, the police of Malmoe committed an apparently unwarranted search in the location of the hackerspace Forskningsavdelningen. | ||
Police sources claim that they acted on suspicion on preparation (sic!) to hacking and theft due to the fact that key copying machines and wifi equipment was expected and found on site. However, these tools are not per se illegal and also do not require illegal activities for operation. Far fetched? Well, sure, as we all know, martial arts and shooting exercises are preparation for murder, too. In fact, in other countries, such as germany, exist hobbyist sport clubs for lockpicking - members of which regularly engage in education of the public and | Police sources claim that they acted on suspicion on preparation (sic!) to hacking and theft due to the fact that key copying machines and wifi equipment was expected and found on site. However, these tools are not per se illegal and also do not require illegal activities for operation. Far fetched? Well, sure, as we all know, martial arts and shooting exercises are preparation for murder, too. In fact, in other countries, such as germany, exist hobbyist sport clubs for lockpicking - members of which regularly engage in education of the public and deliver devestating demonstrations about insecurites of common locks. And by the way, a wifi antenna can only receive signals which are public by design anyway. | ||
We are members of the Metalab, a hackerspace in Vienna - and as such a sister project of Forskningsavdelningen. Metalab is an organization that is privately financed as well as publicly subsidised and has been host to widely recognized talks, conferences, and other activities. Moreover, the Metalab has given birth to various commercial, civil, philanthropic and generally experimental social ventures of various forms. These kind of social and technological advances can only grow in certain environments, and the Metalab - like all hackerspaces - strives to provide such an environment. An environment which may seem uncommon or ominous to the uneducated or uninterested. An environment which usually bears harbour to technology which is not available to the common man. But after all, this is the whole point of a hackerspace, isn't it? | We are members of the Metalab, a hackerspace in Vienna - and as such a sister project of Forskningsavdelningen. Metalab is an organization that is privately financed as well as publicly subsidised and has been host to widely recognized talks, conferences, and other activities. Moreover, the Metalab has given birth to various commercial, civil, philanthropic and generally experimental social ventures of various forms. These kind of social and technological advances can only grow in certain environments, and the Metalab - like all hackerspaces - strives to provide such an environment. An environment which may seem uncommon or ominous to the uneducated or uninterested. An environment which usually bears harbour to technology which is not available to the common man. But after all, this is the whole point of a hackerspace, isn't it? | ||