Wholesale Privacy violations in the European Union

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18 pointsjacquesm5 comments

I have a slightly controversial theory here.

The UK has the worst rep for anti-privacy measures because a lot of it surfaces; and actually if you keep track we have a good record of curbing the stupid ideas (deep packet inspection was trashed comprehensively, body scanners has stalled at one installation and I doubt it will expand, ID cards have been pushed aside)

Whereas the EU has a fairly good rep for respecting privacy - but really it all gets snuck in behind the scenes. As highlighted here. No one hears about the Hadopi laws outside of France but they are, basically, being pushed through (no idea of the status at the moment) with no regard for the public. German record for privacy invasion is, behind the scenes, generally bad.

Is there a respected tradition of civil disobedience where you are?

For some things yes. I think my chances are fairly good. We used to have a draft here and dissenters did get locked up though so we'll see.

Getting locked up is often part of civil disobedience. :)

I'll take that risk.

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