Switzerland: Someone is suggesting a law change, with significant opposition from many parties and lack of clear support of the public (which will be needed in referendum).
Meanwhile in EU:
- EU censorship files:
- EU introduces mandatory strict age verification (basically ID card identification) for widely used services
- Constant introduction of various Chat Control proposals, breaking E2EE (same level of shit than proposed in Switzerland) - either on EU level or on state level (France, Ireland).
I think they want to harvest some EU funds to build infrastructure in EU (EuroStack), which they promote. This is not a privacy play, European Union is the last to care about privacy.
Proton, this is bad. Please stop. I have a lot of respect for you and I am a paying customer, but this is not a way to go. While it's admirable to have skin in the game and show the Swiss government you leave if they pass it, leaving to EU is surely a joke, because the current situation is much worse than what is just proposed (and will probably not pass) in Switzerland.
"Because of legal uncertainty around Swiss government proposals(new window) to introduce mass surveillance — proposals that have been outlawed in the EU — Proton is moving most of its physical infrastructure out of Switzerland. Lumo will be the first product to move.”