In Switzerland: Secret service agents have licence to hack computers

[pr1v 36]

Surprised:

 

http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/politics/secret-service/42465282

[zhang888 1066]

Just a note: secret services in all countries have such "license".

It's just rare it goes public.

[pr1v 36]

Just a note: secret services in all countries have such "license".

It's just rare it goes public.

Yeah, but now it's legal...

[LZ1 673]

 

Just a note: secret services in all countries have such "license".

It's just rare it goes public.

Yeah, but now it's legal...

Hello!

 

Even if it wasn't legal, they'd just change the laws to make it retroactively legal haha. *Cough* UK *cough*.

[serenacat 83]

"retroactively legal haha"

In Orstraya it is legal but it is illegal to speak or communicate about it (specific operations) unless one risks 10 years jail, maybe in some sort of solitary confinement .... hahhahhah ...

At least the marketing managers for the multinational ITC vendors get big big bonuses for big big orders for  Bigger Big Data.

[zhang888 1066]

I'm actually more surprised Switzerland has a secret service

[Kepler_452b 77]

I'm actually more surprised Switzerland has a secret service

LOL...good one

[Kepler_452b 77]

It seems the TLAs ignore any privacy laws anyway. Who's going to stop them...their governments don't.

[serenacat 83]

Typical control creep and hidden agendas in Orstraya:

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-10-04/government-departments-obtain-metadata-via-afp/7898648

[ɹoɹɹǝ 26]

Switzerland's secret service must be awesome... I feel like they are a group of a couple dozen people that laugh at the copyright trolls trying to invade their country...

[itguy2017 25]

Sort of like the rubber stamping FISA Courts and Blanket National Security letters in the USA..

 

The reality is, all of them can do it and/or find a way to do it in any country, legally.

 

 

Just a note: secret services in all countries have such "license".
It's just rare it goes public.

Yeah, but now it's legal...

[Kepler_452b 77]

Question for Staff:

 

If Swiss Secret Service agents can legally hack any computers, do you have concerns that they can hack Air's servers there?

[Kepler_452b 77]

Should AirVPN users avoid the Swiss servers?

[OpenSourcerer 1442]

As far as no real official warning is present everything remains as it is. We had a similar thing with UK and some controversial laws some months ago, yet the UK servers are still up.

[Guest]

Watch out BTW: Norway is planning to do what Sweden does with this FRA fuckery. 

 

Collect & or analyze ALL data from/to/via Norway

 

edit: sorry not exactly 100% relevant.... (maybe 2%?)    

[Milou13 0]

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https://theintercept.com/2016/10/23/endace-mass-surveillance-gchq-governments/

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