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Switzerland plans surveillance worse than US (tuta.com)
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The proposed update to Switzerland’s Ordinance on the Surveillance of Postal and Telecommunications Traffic (VÜPF: Verordnung über die Überwachung des Post- und Fernmeldeverkehrs) represents a significant expansion of state surveillance powers, worse than the surveillance powers of the USA. If enacted, it would have serious consequences for encrypted services such as Threema, an encrypted WhatsApp alternative and Proton Mail as well as VPN providers based in Switzerland.

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[–] 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

It's still an old nation-state with laws made in the olden day when you had to compromise.

What democracy does not rely on compromise?

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  • [–] 7 points 1 year ago

    None. I'm using "compromise" here in the sense of compromising between democracy and elites, with the world order normal 200 years ago. Today those compromises don't work because of technological progress and different makeup of societies.

    Just like those in the USA.

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