Proton Withdraws Servers from Switzerland Over Proposed Mass Surveillance Regulations
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Summary
Proton CEO Andy Yen explains the company's decision to withdraw servers from Switzerland due to proposed mass surveillance regulations. The Swiss Federal Council's revision of the VÜPF (Postal and Telecommunications Surveillance Ordinance) would require Proton to identify all users, collect and store their metadata including location data and communication patterns. Yen criticizes the government's approach as a massive intrusion into privacy and defends Proton's withdrawal as necessary to protect user privacy rights.
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Mit der Verordnung, wie sie der Bundesrat im Januar vorgeschlagen hat, müssten wir alle unsere Nutzer identifizieren, ihre Metadaten erheben und speichern.
Unter anderem müssten wir Informationen über ihren Aufenthaltsort speichern und solche, die zeigen, mit wem sie in Kontakt stehen.
Das wäre ein massiver Eingriff in die Privatsphäre.
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