[liberationtech] Secret European deals to hand over private data to America

[Julian Oliver]

..on Mon, Jul 01, 2013 at 02:26:11PM +0200, Eugen Leitl wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 01, 2013 at 02:15:15AM +0200, André Rebentisch wrote:
> > Dear all,
> > 
> > do you follow the news?
> > http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jun/30/berlin-washington-cold-war
> > http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/eu-confronts-us-over-alleged-spying-on-european-allies/article12899295/
> > http://www.dw.de/us-to-respond-to-nsa-spying-allegations/a-16916869
> > 
> > It is huge and a strong burden on transatlantic relations, a game
> 
> Do you really think that such large scale intercepts are possible 
> without full knowledge and cooperation of key people in politics and 
> industry?
> 
> Lack of surprise to such "revelations" is quite telling.
> Lack of coverage in state sponsored media also tells you
> something. Lack of interest in the general population
> tells you that they're getting away with it.
> 
> > changing incident. We will get a completely different Brussels
> > environment for related topics.
> 
> You are kidding yourself. If you want to change things, invest into
> end to end encryption and end system hardening. Cypherpunks write code.
> Not laws.

Hear here.

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