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cross-posted from: https://feddit.de/post/12846267

After Sunday‘s European elections, the EU is planning to reintroduce indiscriminate communications data retention without suspicion and force manufacturers to allow law enforcement access to digital devices such as smartphones and cars.

Specifically, according to the 42-point surveillance plan, manufacturers are to be legally obliged to make digital devices such as smartphones, smart homes, IoT devices, and cars monitorable at all times (“access by design”). Messenger services that were previously securely encrypted are to be forced to allow for interception.

The secure encryption of metadata and subscriber data is to be prohibited. Where requested by the police, GPS location tracking should be activated by service providers (“tracking switch”).

The EU Commission has already contributed specific proposals to the surveillance plan, according to two presentations obtained by the Pirates.

Make sure to vote in the upcoming elections!

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[–] [email protected] 24 points 5 months ago (3 children)

As someone who sees these articles, who should I not vote for? Is there some ranking for 'most asshole-ish politician' regarding the EU? I know every politician has somewhat dirt on them but I'd love to know what to avoid since apparently some of those turds are worse than others.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 5 months ago (2 children)

If want more what patrick breyer doing, he is pirate party.

Von der leyen is cdu, some call her zensursula (censor-sula), her first name is ursula.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

About UvdL - one can also google about her and Azerbaijan, her and Russia, her and defense ministry.

Censorship is consistent with her other undertakings, but is not morally the worst of them.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Foreign member of United Russia)))

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago

I'd argue the Azerbaijan part is more notable and disgusting.

But then that's an extension of the same. There's a faction in Edro strongly intermingled with Azerbaijan, and it seems to be gaining power over time.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

He's a judge by profession, btw. Any law weasel's worst nightmare.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 5 months ago (1 children)

It depends on the country you live in. You will have to research that. As a rule of thumb, it is conservative/ right wing parties pushing for heavier surveillance of citizens.

As it stands right now, the Eu parliament (which consists of people who we vote in to office), is the government body which opposes these measures. But there are only a few member countries left in the parliament which do that, so our votes are important!

[–] [email protected] 7 points 5 months ago

From some more articles I grasped that it is shady. Some lobbying groups, secret commissions and stuff like that. They try really hard to not be the ones to point fingers at.