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Re:Majority of EU countries support scanning of audio commun... by andai on Tuesday May 16, 2023 @04:20PM (#35967218)
Very interesting. Does this apply to the Dutch "dragnet" surveillance law too?

https://aboutintel.eu/update-dutch-dragnet-act/

Re:Majority of EU countries support scanning of audio commun... by jruohonen on Wednesday May 17, 2023 @02:36AM (#35971948)
In principle, yes. In practice, no. National security is a matter of the member states. Note that the right to privacy is also in the Dutch constitution. From the little I know, the oversight mechanism in the Netherlands seems to be working to some extent but there are still plenty of caveats:

https://aboutintel.eu/ctivd-bulk-datasets-held-by-intel-need...