Kudos to Proton, Threema, and Nym for pushing back. It seems Switzerland has abandoned its plan to enact privacy‑invasive legislation and will remain a safe haven for privacy‑focused companies, at least for now.
Here is the article from TechRadar
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Thats good but this will end up better or worse no in between
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@libertarian Thank you so much for sharing this. In a sea of bad news, we finally get something good.
But, it appears that politicians need some education on the tech-front. The fight continues…
Despite the positive outcome, the parliamentary debate highlighted a fundamental disconnect between the government and tech experts regarding the definition of mass surveillance.
“There is a fundamental misconception in surveillance,” Roussel told TechRadar. “For us, surveillance begins as soon as we collect the data. For them, it’s only when accessing the data that they are surveilling. So collecting the data is not a problem.”
The sentiment echoes comments made by Proton CEO Andy Yen to Swiss newspaper Le Temps following the decision. “I still perceive a significant misunderstanding of the issues at stake in this draft ordinance,” Yen said. “The authorities say that this is in no way a question of mass surveillance. But when the authorities require companies like ours to collect colossal masses of information about their users, what do you call it?”