Switzerland.
Becoming oddly adverse to strangers...
Swiss vote for spy powers
Switzerland has decisively voted in new surveillance laws granting the country's law enforcement agencies powers closer to those in other western nations. The referendum vote passed with a 66.5 per cent majority on a low voter turnout, carried notably on the back of positive sentiment from the country's older voters. The laws …
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Tuesday 27th September 2016 10:33 GMT Voland's right hand
Can you not repeat tripe for crying out loud?
There was no permission to wiretap in Swiss law period. NOBODY could give it to you - not court, not police and not even god himself. Any wiretapping was illegal, end of story.
This change allows a court approved wiretap of a single identified person based on court order. That is reasonable and it is not anything like the end of the privacy world trumpeted by some campaigners.
Bulk wiretaps, mass surveilance and other Airstrip One day-to-day routine are still not on the menu.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
