# Switzerland's Lower House votes to expand Federal Intelligence Service powers, including AI profiling and telecom surveillance

**URL:** https://discuss.privacyguides.net/t/switzerlands-lower-house-votes-to-expand-federal-intelligence-service-powers-including-ai-profiling-and-telecom-surveillance/38360
**Category:** General
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**Created:** 2026-06-05T15:02:37Z
**Posts:** 2

## Post 1 by @Catnip9157 — 2026-06-05T15:02:37Z

The Swiss National Council voted 111-40 to expand Federal Intelligence Service powers, authorising AI profiling, financial data harvesting and enhanced telecom surveillance. This legislative shift, triggered by [the Winterthur terrorist attack](https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/various/three-stabbed-in-attack-at-swiss-train-station/91488327), might directly threaten the Swiss privacy tech sector, notably Proton, and could mark another step in [Proton’s move towards EU countries](https://www.reddit.com/r/ProtonMail/comments/1m8n3yv/proton_is_moving_most_of_its_physical/).

National news coverage

_French_

> **[Le Conseil national veut renforcer le pouvoir de surveillance du Service de...](https://www.rts.ch/info/suisse/2026/article/le-conseil-national-veut-renforcer-le-pouvoir-de-surveillance-du-service-de-renseignement-29263683.html)**
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> L'aggravation des menaces terroristes et numériques nécessite d'étendre encore davantage les pouvoirs du Service de renseignement de la Confédération (SRC), estime le Conseil national. La Chambre basse a soutenu mercredi par 111 voix contre 40 et 21...

_English_

> **[National Council backs sweeping powers for intelligence service](https://www.worldradio.ch/news/bitesize-news/national-council-backs-sweeping-powers-for-intelligence-service/)**
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> The National Council has voted to widely expand the powers of Switzerland's Federal Intelligence Service, citing growing terrorist, cyber and foreign-interference threats.

_Coverage from january_

> **[Switzerland mulls enhanced intelligence service powers](https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/swiss-democracy/switzerland-mulls-enhanced-intelligence-service-powers/90855434)**
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> Intelligence Service needs new tools to detect terrorism, extremism, espionage, and cyberattacks threats.

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## Post 2 by @abc.123 — 2026-06-05T19:11:54Z

I know this sounds like a conspiracy theory, but people that follow what intelligence agencies have done in the past, wouldn’t be surprised if this terrorist attack was at least influenced/indirectly made happen by an intelligence agency, probably either one of the american ones or a cooperation of some western intelligence agencies.

Because one terrorist attack and suddenly switzerland, that is known for their calm, passes this legislation?  
This could very likely be an intelligence agencies plan unfolding.  
I mean if you think about it: Are the intelligence agencies really that different from the Gestapo? Not really, just doing better propaganda so people either don’t notice them or think that they are only somewhat bad.