The organizer of the Japanese computer security meetup “すみだセキュリティ勉強会” decided to stop meetup temporary. He said that he doubted Japanese police and there was possibility that Japanese police arrests the participants.
Before this decision, there is a case.
What’s Happen?
In Febrary 2019, Japnese police arrested some people who make a link to a joke site. It was unbelivable for us, Japanese programmer community because there seemed to be nothing guilty.
The site was cheep one.
When the joke site is opened, it repeats to make popup.
It has simple for loop and alert.
Every programmers can make such site.
Off course, this is not harmful.
We were also surprised that the police arrested people who make a link to the site, not the owner.
This case is posted in English here
After this, some Japanese programmer published a repository lets-get-arrested project.
There’s Another Case in Japan
This case is named “Case of the Wizard Bible”.
The Wizard Bible was a Japanese web magazine about computer security. In this case, the owner of the Wizard Bible was arrested and convicted and the Wizard Bible was closed. Off course, the Wizzard Bible is not harmful.
Why the meetup stop to gather?
Japanese security engineers seem to be afraid of false charge. There are any reasons to believe Japanese police. That is why the organizer of Japanese security meetup decided to stop.
Where is the freedom of expression? Where is justice?
There is less justice in Japanese Justice. Japanese “freedom of expression” has gone.