So the EU is better than Switzerland - amazing news, given the source. 😉
Background on the Swiss surveillance law that's worse than the US: 👉 https://tuta.com/blog/switzerland-surveillance-plan
Thanks @jonah @chillybot for tagging us.
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![= Jonah Aragon
@jonah@neat.computer posted here: https://mastodon.social/@jonah@neat.computer/114902990636685184
Buried in Proton's Al announcement [proton me] today is a pretty
shocking detail about their service:
"Because of legal uncertainty around Swiss government
proposals [www.tdg.ch] to introduce mass surveillance —
proposals that have been outlawed in the EU — Proton is moving
most of its physical infrastructure out of Switzerland. Lumo will
be the first product to move."
Preview of the Proton blo](https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/114/903/276/136/775/181/original/24c0ed5284afa953.png)
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@Tutanota @jonah @chillybot
Well, some countries in the EU are more privacy oriented. There is room for maneuver.
@Tutanota @jonah @chillybot
Is there an official link to this post/news? Can‘t find anything on their site.
Is there an official link to this post/news? Can‘t find anything on their site.
@Tutanota @jonah @chillybot
What is to say the country they move to doesn't begin doing the same, potentially out of spite given how popular Proton and Tuta are becoming.
@Tutanota @jonah @chillybot
As a Swiss citizen, I assure you that the EU is a better zone. (One of the reasons I use Tutanota). Some points:
- No company has ever been significantly penalized in Switzerland on this issue,
- The SRC, despite numerous legal violations, has never been punished,
- It's a myth that falsely links banking secrecy with data protection,
- All it takes is for a judge to categorize someone as a terrorist, and they lose all protection—case of a French squatter.
