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Re:Stop the proposal on mass surveillance of the EU by ecmascript on Thursday February 02, 2023 @09:34AM (#34627005)
I do not think so, Swedens population has a history of rejecting mass surveillance ideas and lot's of privacy advocating stuff has come from Sweden like Mullvad and The Pirate Bay.

Anyway, it is way easier for a citizen to affect your local politician rather than some other random countries politicians that don't care about you.

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Re:Stop the proposal on mass surveillance of the EU by supermatt on Thursday February 02, 2023 @09:57AM (#34627333)
> Swedens population has a history of rejecting mass surveillance ideas

What about the Swedish NDRE, which was found by the ECHR to violate personal privacy, and when urged to correct it they instead extended it? (as per the article).

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Re:Stop the proposal on mass surveillance of the EU by carlosjobim on Thursday February 02, 2023 @10:32AM (#34627911)
Sweden has one of the most comprehensive mass surveillance systems in the world. In short, the military is allowed to do mass surveillance on all communications within the borders of the country. Sweden is somewhere near the bottom of the list among countries worldwide when it comes to respecting online privacy of citizens.
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