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General data retention was also banned by EU courts, I think. While Germany is over and over trying to integrate something like that with dubious reasoning ("i
by martin_a 7y ago
General data retention was also banned by EU courts, I think.
While Germany is over and over trying to integrate something like that with dubious reasoning ("it will only be used against terrorists and other really bad crimes" - reality is that everybody wants his piece of it, even to use against false parking), the EU regularly puts a stop to this.
So, it's great to have this higher-level legislative to stop single countries efforts, but there could even be done more...
- bryanrasmussen 7y agoyes, I suppose my post was too dryly sarcastic to be obvious but really the EU has been doing quite a bit more than other nations or international organizations to stop the surveillance state and it seems a little unfair to pick on what attack of a symptom and saying but stopping this symptom won't do enough. Not sure if this kind of problem isn't best solved by attacking the symptoms anyway, until you build up a sort of selection of anti-surveillance principles that can be used to decide new laws and regulations. But I guess I'm pretty pro-EU so this kind of thing makes me grumpy.
- martin_a 7y agoMissed half your point. ;-) Nevertheless, I think temporary bans are not a bad idea till we can come up with a better solution. Let's see what others are making out of this for the next five years, and come up with better rules. I'm totally with you on that.