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Russian intelligence service FSB plans to block mailbox.org
According to reports of the Russian media company RBC, the Russian secret service FSB plans to request an Internet block against mailbox.org and other providers. The reason is supposed to be e-mails sent via the providers with bomb threats. As a result, websites or mailbox.org mail services from the Russian Internet may no longer be accessible in whole or in part.
According to media reports, representatives of the Russian telecommunications authority Roskomnadzor state that mailbox.org did not respond to a request for information in the second quarter of 2019 and is not listed in the Russian telecommunications directory "ARI".
Peer Heinlein, founder and CEO of mailbox.org, explains: "We are not aware of any inquiry from Roskomnadzor that we should have answered. We do not have an official letter from the authorities nor have we received a corresponding request for legal assistance from German authorities. Contrary to the statements made by representatives of Roskomnadzor, mailbox.org is not aware of any Russian court decision according to which mailbox.org would have had to release data. If there was a decision, it was never delivered to us. In this respect we are very surprised by the incident and the accusations of Roskomnadzor".
"Of course, mailbox.org would answer legitimate requests for information from authorities. However, these must also be permissible on the basis of the German and European legal situation," says Peer Heinlein. As a rule, foreign authorities would have to choose the path of a request for judicial assistance. "In no case, however, will mailbox.org illegally disclose data of its users to domestic or foreign authorities. Each request for information will always be checked for admissibility by lawyers specialising in this area in individual cases".
"Like every e-mail service, mailbox.org has to struggle with a multitude of fake account registrations on a daily basis. mailbox.org has developed very good defence methods to detect and block abusive fake accounts. We do not tolerate abuse of our service for criminal activities," says Peer Heinlein. If accounts were to be used for criminal activities, mailbox.org would of course cooperate and block them after a very precise case-by-case examination. The Anti-Abuse-Team of mailbox.org would even accept such hints with thanks.
"If a user of mailbox.org sends e-mails with the threat of a bomb attack, this must be condemned in the strongest possible terms and not tolerated," says Heinlein. Of course, mailbox.org strongly dissociates itself from such actions. If, however, a free telecommunications provider is blocked due to individual incidents and all its users are placed under general suspicion, this is exaggeratedly excessive and purely arbitrary. If this then happens without compliance with a constitutional procedure, it would not be tolerable for any democratic state.
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According to reports of the Russian media company RBC, the Russian secret service FSB plans to request an Internet block against mailbox.org and other providers. The reason is supposed to be e-mails sent via the providers with bomb threats. As a result, websites or mailbox.org mail services from the Russian Internet may no longer be accessible in whole or in part.
According to media reports, representatives of the Russian telecommunications authority Roskomnadzor state that mailbox.org did not respond to a request for information in the second quarter of 2019 and is not listed in the Russian telecommunications directory "ARI".
Peer Heinlein, founder and CEO of mailbox.org, explains: "We are not aware of any inquiry from Roskomnadzor that we should have answered. We do not have an official letter from the authorities nor have we received a corresponding request for legal assistance from German authorities. Contrary to the statements made by representatives of Roskomnadzor, mailbox.org is not aware of any Russian court decision according to which mailbox.org would have had to release data. If there was a decision, it was never delivered to us. In this respect we are very surprised by the incident and the accusations of Roskomnadzor".
"Of course, mailbox.org would answer legitimate requests for information from authorities. However, these must also be permissible on the basis of the German and European legal situation," says Peer Heinlein. As a rule, foreign authorities would have to choose the path of a request for judicial assistance. "In no case, however, will mailbox.org illegally disclose data of its users to domestic or foreign authorities. Each request for information will always be checked for admissibility by lawyers specialising in this area in individual cases".
"Like every e-mail service, mailbox.org has to struggle with a multitude of fake account registrations on a daily basis. mailbox.org has developed very good defence methods to detect and block abusive fake accounts. We do not tolerate abuse of our service for criminal activities," says Peer Heinlein. If accounts were to be used for criminal activities, mailbox.org would of course cooperate and block them after a very precise case-by-case examination. The Anti-Abuse-Team of mailbox.org would even accept such hints with thanks.
"If a user of mailbox.org sends e-mails with the threat of a bomb attack, this must be condemned in the strongest possible terms and not tolerated," says Heinlein. Of course, mailbox.org strongly dissociates itself from such actions. If, however, a free telecommunications provider is blocked due to individual incidents and all its users are placed under general suspicion, this is exaggeratedly excessive and purely arbitrary. If this then happens without compliance with a constitutional procedure, it would not be tolerable for any democratic state.
👉🏼 Read more:
https://mailbox.org/en/post/russian-intelligence-service-fsb-plans-to-block-mailbox-org
#russia #FSB #IntelligenceService #block #mailboxorg
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