Ireland explores legal spyware, encryption-breaking powers
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: Its very own Snooper’s Charter comes a month after proposed biometric tech expansion

I recently learned about a new bill being proposed in Ireland called the Communications (Interception and Lawful Access) Bill where Ireland may make it legal to “empower law enforcement to intercept of all forms of communications…whether encrypted or not” including the legal use of spyware.

According to DistroWatch, Linux Mint’s origin is Ireland so I’m wondering if there is going to be any implication should this bill pass.

  • CountVlad47@feddit.org
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    13 hours ago

    Based on your description of the proposed law, I think it’s unlikely. That sounds more like intercepting internet communication which probably wouldn’t be done on individual computers unless you were being specifically targeted.

    I think the Linux Mint organization is based in Ireland but its contributers are from around the world. It’s also open source so any embedded spyware in the code would be discovered quite quickly.