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Title: Swiss Government Looks To Undercut Privacy Tech, Stoking Fears of Mass
Surveillance

Link: https://yro.slashdot.org/story/25/09/12/07552...

The Swiss government could soon require service providers with more than
5,000 users to collect government-issued identification, retain subscriber
data for six months and, in many cases, disable encryption. From a report:
The proposal, which is not subject to parliamentary approval, has alarmed
privacy and digital-freedoms advocates worldwide because of how it will
destroy anonymity online, including for people located outside of
Switzerland. A large number of virtual private network (VPN) companies and
other privacy-preserving firms are headquartered in the country because it
has historically had liberal digital privacy laws alongside its famously
discreet banking ecosystem. Proton, which offers secure and end-to-end
encrypted email along with an ultra-private VPN and cloud storage, announced
on July 23 that it is moving most of its physical infrastructure out of
Switzerland due to the proposed law. The company is investing more than $117
million in the European Union, the announcement said, and plans to help
develop a "sovereign EuroStack for the future of our home continent."
Switzerland is not a member of the EU. Proton said the decision was prompted
by the Swiss government's attempt to "introduce mass surveillance."

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