3d ago

Switzerland plans surveillance worse than US

Switzerland plans surveillance worse than US | Tuta

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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2d ago

Switzerland plans surveillance worse than US

tuta.com /blog/switzerland-surveillance-plan

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4d ago

Switzerland plans surveillance worse than US

tuta.com /blog/switzerland-surveillance-plan

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Lena @gregtech.eu

2mo ago

Switzerland plans surveillance worse than US - Tuta

tuta.com /blog/switzerland-surveillance-plan

86 comments

If I have to fucking switch mail hosts again... what the hell is the point in using proton for privacy and now I'm sure that's going to get ruined.
- Wasn’t there an announcement from proton a few days back to possibly move their data Centers out of Switzerland because of this?
  
  One would hope so, or their fundamental ethics as a company are nonexistent.
  
  they've been threatening this for year to keep suckling at the tit of governmental subsidies to make Switzerland look more attractive for investors with them being here. I doubt they'll follow through.
  
  It depends, privacy has been their entire marketing pitch forever.
- I self host mine. Honestly I just self host as much as I can to avoid stuff like this because while many European companies are great you just never know. I was with Tuta but decided to self host, same for when I was using Filen for backups. Hell I'm even self hosting my git repos and search engine now.