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Mods: This is an article about a proposed law, so "will" isn't really an accurate reflection (yet, or hopefully at all) and the title should be changed. My pro

Mods: This is an article about a proposed law, so "will" isn't really an accurate reflection (yet, or hopefully at all) and the title should be changed. My proposal: "New German law would force ISPs to redirect traffic to intelligence services for trojan install" (if that is not to long).

ddevault 6y ago
Send this to hn@ycombinator.com as an email.
corty 6y ago
Yes, you are right, but the current title is just 2 chars under the limit and I couldn't think of a shorter one. Sorry for the somewhat misleading "will". My somewhat lame excuse: The law will most probably pass, current govt is a coalition of the two largest parties with overwhelming majority and absolutely no clue about anything digital. Edit: would "shall" work instead of "will"?
- ebg13 6y ago
  "German proposal would"
- _bxg1 6y ago
  What about "may"?
dang 6y ago
There are a couple problems: one is that proposed bills rarely go anywhere, so it's generally best to wait for a state change [1]. Edit: I think we can override this issue, given that surveillance laws are of particular interest to HN and the comment at https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23783164 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23783164. The other is that HN is an English-language site. We have deep respect for the German language, but articles on HN need to be in English [2]. I've changed it to https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/blog/new-german-law-would-force-isps-to-allow-secret-service-to-install-trojans-on-user-devices/ https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/blog/new-german-law-wo... for now. If there's a better link, we can change it again. (Submitted URL was https://netzpolitik.org/2020/staatstrojaner-provider-sollen-internetverkehr-umleiten-damit-geheimdienste-hacken-koennen/ https://netzpolitik.org/2020/staatstrojaner-provider-sollen-...) [1] https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&query=by%3Adang%20bills&sort=byDate&type=comment https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que... [2] https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&query=by%3Adang%20english%20language%20site&sort=byDate&type=comment https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que...

ddevault 6y ago

Send this to hn@ycombinator.com as an email.

corty 6y ago

Yes, you are right, but the current title is just 2 chars under the limit and I couldn't think of a shorter one. Sorry for the somewhat misleading "will". My somewhat lame excuse: The law will most probably pass, current govt is a coalition of the two largest parties with overwhelming majority and absolutely no clue about anything digital. Edit: would "shall" work instead of "will"?

ebg13 6y ago
"German proposal would"
_bxg1 6y ago
What about "may"?

dang 6y ago

There are a couple problems: one is that proposed bills rarely go anywhere, so it's generally best to wait for a state change [1]. Edit: I think we can override this issue, given that surveillance laws are of particular interest to HN and the comment at https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23783164 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23783164. The other is that HN is an English-language site. We have deep respect for the German language, but articles on HN need to be in English [2]. I've changed it to https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/blog/new-german-law-would-force-isps-to-allow-secret-service-to-install-trojans-on-user-devices/ https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/blog/new-german-law-wo... for now. If there's a better link, we can change it again. (Submitted URL was https://netzpolitik.org/2020/staatstrojaner-provider-sollen-internetverkehr-umleiten-damit-geheimdienste-hacken-koennen/ https://netzpolitik.org/2020/staatstrojaner-provider-sollen-...) [1] https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&query=by%3Adang%20bills&sort=byDate&type=comment https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que... [2] https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&query=by%3Adang%20english%20language%20site&sort=byDate&type=comment https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que...