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Europe Moves To Track Phone and Net Use
An anonymous reader writes with a NYTimes piece on the early moves by European governments to implement an EU data retention directive. The governments of Germany and the Netherlands are initially proposing much more stringent programs than the EU directive requires. For example, the German proposal "would essentially prohibit using false information to create an e-mail account, making the standard Internet practice of creating accounts with pseudonyms illegal." The Times notes that, early days as it is, nevertheless some people involved in the issue are "concerned about a shift in policy in Europe, which has long been a defender of individuals' privacy rights."
Slashdot posters TubGirlFan and IHeartGoatse adamantly expressed their opposition to the plan.
From article post to first comment - Godwin's Law invoked in 3 minutes. Is that a record here?
not even close. you must be new here...
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