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ICC judge on what U.S. sanctions mean for her and global courts

229 points · 173 comments · rbanffy

teekert · 1790965554 · focus · HN ↗
"I went home and Alexa wouldn't talk to me," she told NPR's Steve Inskeep.
ICC judge and she has a device like this in her house. I think that she did not read any Snowden related books.
Furthermore it's a bit of a missed opportunity for her to not move to Proton, NextCloud, GrapheneOS, and show how she can still live her life with many modern conveniences. She could find some non-over-complient companies and list them, I'd go for those from now on, great PR. But alas, she is not a Techy. Maybe Meredith Whittaker can pay her a visit and show her a thing or two. I'd like to see that happen. Whittaker will be in the Netherlands soon for an Honorary degree [0]
[0] <a href="https://vu.nl/nl/nieuws/2026/vu-eredoctoraat-voor-voorvechter-privacy-en-digitale-rechten-meredith-whittaker" rel="nofollow">https://vu.nl/nl/nieuws/2026/vu-eredoctoraat-voor-voorvechte...
1. slowin · 1790966144 · focus · HN ↗
  I agree that she should not have an Alexa, but how do you pay for Proton, your ISP, your electricity bill, hosting... when you are debanked? Not having health insurance is also not solvable with technology unfortunately.
  1. teekert · 1790966379 · focus · HN ↗
    I agree it's not easy, but someone in her position could put out a call for companies that would support her (and benefit from very good PR in the process). Ie, perhaps the Dutch ethical (and low-tech) bank Triodos would be a candidate? I agree such companies would really put their behinds on the line, so maybe that won't work...
    ThePowerOfFuet · 1791012854 · focus · HN ↗
    Any bank is welcome to hold an account for her, but if the US finds out they will exclude said bank from the US financial system, which is generally a kiss of death for a bank.
    So, no bank will go anywhere near her, alas.

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