TheCityDweller :verified_gay: (@[email protected])

When even #Germany is seen as better than #Switzerland - then you know that Switzerland will lose that competition. Switzerland's lawmakers want to pass a law to require to ID every user of messenger and VPN services. Adieu Switzerland for IT. That new law has high chances to be accepted. Proton begins to move infrastructure to Germany because of the those new BÜPF surveillance laws possible to be accepted and moves forward. What a tragedy. https://www.watson.ch/digital/schweiz/125523195-proton-verlagert-infrastruktur-angst-vor-schweizer-ueberwachungsgesetz

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The Radical Scope of Tesla’s Data Horde

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