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I will give some information of what other countries have done in similar situations: - German Constitution: Article 10 [Privacy of correspondence, posts and t

I will give some information of what other countries have done in similar situations: - German Constitution: Article 10 [Privacy of correspondence, posts and telecommunications] https://www.bundesregierung.de/breg-en/chancellor/basic-law-470510 https://www.bundesregierung.de/breg-en/chancellor/basic-law-... If you wanted to extend it into modern terminology, it would probably clearly specify communication over wire/radio, digital fingerprints, records, storage, including remote / cloud storage. - Switzerland: 2016 Swiss Popular Initiative on federal intelligence law, that passed (65.5%): https://www.admin.ch/gov/en/start/documentation/votes/20160925/intelligence-service-act.html https://www.admin.ch/gov/en/start/documentation/votes/201609..., https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZJCCpp--oM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZJCCpp--oM (Hit CC for closed captions, and the cog to translate to your language) Based on this thread, it seems many have a subjective right to privacy they'd expect represented at the constitutional level, like Germany. They'd also like more transparency explaining who/what/where/why/how in regards to the authorizations regarding national security, like Switzerland. One more thing: while this is generally consumer-related, you may be generally interested in GDPR: https://eugdpr.org/ https://eugdpr.org/ But these are just part of the nice things. When people mention US constitution and rights, Europeans have vastly more rights and protections, in many respects. - China, Xinjiang, elsewhere: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQ5LnY21Hgc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQ5LnY21Hgc, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lH2gMNrUuEY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lH2gMNrUuEY This is a place where culturally there's less concern about surveillance.

chopin 7y ago
I doubt that the situation in Germany is considerably better than in the US. The BND has explicitly being granted the right to snoop at DECIX indiscriminate of the origin. Various groups (eg. laywers) have tried to challenge this and where denied with the reasoning that they cannot prove that they are affected (no legal standing). As well there is legislation proposed or under way which would grant the Verfassungsschutz (German internal intelligence) the right to implant trojans (Bundestrojaner). All ruling parties violate the constitution in a regular way as evidenced by the rulings of the constitutional court.

chopin 7y ago

I doubt that the situation in Germany is considerably better than in the US. The BND has explicitly being granted the right to snoop at DECIX indiscriminate of the origin. Various groups (eg. laywers) have tried to challenge this and where denied with the reasoning that they cannot prove that they are affected (no legal standing). As well there is legislation proposed or under way which would grant the Verfassungsschutz (German internal intelligence) the right to implant trojans (Bundestrojaner). All ruling parties violate the constitution in a regular way as evidenced by the rulings of the constitutional court.