Slightly OT: 'Big brother' surveillance makes waves in Sweden

[Ringo Kamens]

I know that many other countries have similar surveillance laws. Is there
any authoritative list as to where they are? Perhaps countries with "we
survey everything" laws should only have one hop per circuit or something to
prevent correlation attacks. That's something that should be implemented by
a tor controller, but I think it would be a good idea.
Ringo Kamens


On 3/9/07, xiando <xiando at xiando.com> wrote:
>
> Almost On Topic (related, anyway): http://www.thelocal.se/6619/20070307/
>
> "A far-reaching wiretapping programme proposed by Sweden's government to
> defend against foreign threats, including monitoring emails and telephone
> calls, has stirred up a fiery debate in the past few weeks, with critics
> decrying the creation of a "big brother" state.
>
> The new legislation, to be presented to parliament on Thursday, would
> enable
> the National Defence Radio Establishment (FRA) to tap all Internet and
> telephone communication in and out of Sweden."
>
> Beware, people of Sweden, and the west in general. Very good reason to use
> Tor
> right there.
>
> More Slightly Off-Topic:
>
> FRA is visiting websites with information about Tor. And they are not
> using
> Tor to do it (Yes, I realize the Xiando Total Surveillance Office is evil.
> But you guys are using Tor, aren't you?)
>
> (Please don't reply to this unless you absolutely have to, this isn't
> immensily Tor-related, only something which makes a very good argument
> when
> you're explaining Why You Should Use Tor within Sweden - and the west in
> general)
>
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