A couple interesting tidbits is disabling encryption and keeping detailed records of IP address and ports used. If you use default ports, that can tell you a lot about what people are doing. My ISP can look at my connection and see I’m running a Bitcoin and Monero node along with an instance of Wireguard VPN (might have to eventually route everything over Tor or a VPN connection with obfuscation, AI fingerprinting protection)… This gives a sense of where a lot of countries will want to take things beyond Switzerland. And you’d have to think this will be used to identify people that buy burner phones with data as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
https:\/\/therecord.media\/switzerland-digital-privacy-law-proton-privacy-surveillance<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n The Swiss government could soon require service providers with more than 5,000 users to collect government-issued identification, retain subscriber data for six months and, in many cases, disable encryption.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The proposal, which is not subject to parliamentary approval, has alarmed privacy and digital-freedoms advocates worldwide because of how it will destroy anonymity online, including for people located outside of Switzerland. <\/p>\n\n\n\n A large number of virtual private network (VPN) companies and other privacy-preserving firms are headquartered in the country because it has historically had liberal digital privacy laws alongside its famously discreet banking ecosystem.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Proton, which offers secure and end-to-end encrypted email along with an ultra-private VPN and cloud storage, announced<\/a> on July 23 that it is moving most of its physical infrastructure out of Switzerland due to the proposed law.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The company is investing more than \u20ac100 million in the European Union, the announcement said, and plans to help develop a \u201csovereign EuroStack for the future of our home continent.\u201d Switzerland is not a member of the EU.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Proton said the decision was prompted by the Swiss government\u2019s attempt to \u201cintroduce mass surveillance.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Proton founder and CEO Andy Yen told Radio T\u00e9l\u00e9vision Suisse (RTS) that the suggested regulation would be illegal in the EU and United States.<\/p>\n\n\n\n “The only country in Europe with a roughly equivalent law is Russia,” Yen said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n One of the Swiss officials spearheading the effort told<\/a> a Swiss news outlet that strict safeguards will be used to protect against mass surveillance. The official, Jean-Louis Biberstein, described the effort as necessary to fight cyberattacks, organized crime and terrorism.<\/p>\n\n\n\n