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cross-posted from: https://piefed.zip/c/privacy/p/704592/switzerland-plans-surveillance-worse-than-us-tuta
Revision of Swiss surveillance law VÜPF would directly target VPN & encrypted chat and email providers based in Switzerland.
Stupid question: why are several countries / governments taking these steps? What is in favor of more insights into the communication?
My guess is a mix of a) techbros like Zuck pushing it because more regulation always makes it easier for big companies who can quickly comply with new laws unlike smaller competitors, b) all governments being run by people 60+ who grew up believing the internet is scary and needs to be regulated as much as possible and c) rising right-wing parties who hope to use that surveillance infrastracture for their goals once in power.
Stuff like chat control is also pushed by companies selling the AI scanning software chat control requires.
IIRC, Thorn had an EU lobbying budget of 24M€ a couple of years back. Probably hasn’t changed since.
When everything goes to shit in a few decades because of global warming, they want to hold all the cards.
Fear of crime. People hope the crazies will be caught online before they hurt us.