Switzerland plans surveillance worse than US | Tuta
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Revision of Swiss surveillance law VÜPF would directly target VPN & encrypted chat and email providers based in Switzerland.
  • Cheesus@lemmy.caEnglish
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    4 days ago

    Luckily, thanks to Switzerland’s direct democracy model, Proton and co. will likely garner enough signatures to challenge this with a referendum. What makes me worry is how they’ve tried to introduce this without consulting parliament.

    • BenjiRenji@feddit.orgEnglish
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      4 days ago

      I wouldn’t be so sure. This is an executive order, not a law. We can’t start referenda against executive orders. The underlying legal framework that allows these for surveillance (Büpf) was passed although the people had a chance to reject it. I share your hope, but not the optimism.

      • Cheesus@lemmy.caEnglish
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        4 days ago

        Ouch, I wasn’t privy to the particulars, nor am I a resident of Switzerland, merely an admirer of how things are run there (usually). I guess the people’s notions of liberty aren’t as strong there as I had thought!