Proton VPN boss compares Switzerland to Russia and claims it could leave the country over proposed law - eviltoast
  • Steve@communick.news
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    5 months ago

    Do I need to quote the article for people?

    Switzerland’s current surveillance law instructs mobile networks and internet service providers (ISPs) to collect and store user data. The proposed change would extend this to VPNs, messaging apps, and social media companies.

    Yen described it as a “major violation of the right to privacy” – something that directly contradicts Proton’s “privacy by default” tagline.

    “This revision attempts to implement something that has been deemed illegal in the EU and the United States,” Yen claimed. “The only country in Europe with a roughly equivalent law is Russia.”

    His response seems accurate and reasonable.

      • WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.world
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        4 months ago

        Probably because they have no idea where they’d move at this stage. Every year an encryption backdoor is proposed in the EU. The EU is not far behind the US when it comes to mass surveillance and the destruction of privacy.

    • Eril@feddit.org
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      5 months ago

      And the rest of the comments didn’t even bother to read more than the headline (as usual 😑).