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The data retention directive is undoubtedly problematic, but if it is implemented according to law, it means that telcos will hand over metadata on individual a
by fauigerzigerk 13y ago
The data retention directive is undoubtedly problematic, but if it is implemented according to law, it means that telcos will hand over metadata on individual accounts at the request of a court. There are no secret courts, no gag orders and no dragnet mining of content as opposed to metadata.
But of course that says nothing about what European police organizations are up to ... secretly. I'm thinking of things like the "Bundestrojaner".
- tlb 13y agoHow un-secret are they? Is there a room I can go sit and watch search warrants being requested and issued? If not, why do you believe it's better than the US situation?
- fauigerzigerk 13y agoThe existence of such a room is not the only way in which the situation could possibly be better than in the US. In fact, such a room would itself be a gross violation of privacy. I think I explained in which ways I think it is better as far as the data retention directive is concerned. Whether or not it is really better in practice considering what police in any particular country might do, that I don't know. Maybe we need our own Snowden to tell us that.
- tlb 13y agoI was asking a question, not saying you're wrong. I'm genuinely curious what forms of transparency exists in the EU, and how it curbs abuses.