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You know it will though, Nile. Considering the EU's (Ewww? :D) and 
European states' history on these things, I would be EXTREMELY surprised 
if the status quo from over here in America isn't intensified even more 
over there, especially in the UK, France, and Germany. I'll bet you 10 
Euros on it.

~A


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nile wrote:

>Correct me if I'm mistaken, but I believe the laws do not require
>holding onto the content of the call/data, just the routing information
>or phone numbers. If so, it's interesting to note that that's exactly
>what Tor is for - defeating _traffic_ analysis.
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>It will be interesting to see how Europe's reaction to
>radicalism/terrorism compares with the US's. Hopefully, it doesn't turn
>into politicians flinging poo and "soft on terrorism" charges at each
>other.
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>nile
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