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Wiretapping Bill Passes Swedish Parliament, 143 to 138

Posted by timothy on from the henceforth-it's-orkbay-orkbay dept.

Assar Bruno Boveri writes "Swedish lawmakers came down in favour of a fiercely debated surveillance bill in a vote at the Riksdag on Wednesday evening. Despite some cosmetic changes, Sweden's proposed surveillance law is still a monster, writes Pär Ström from the independent New Welfare Foundation." The Swedish newspaper DN (in Swedish; translations welcome) compares the implications of the proposed law with activities carried out by East Germany's Ministerium für Staatssicherheit (STASI).

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  1. Dear Sweden... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Your freedoms feel very good on my dick.

    Sincerely,
    Uncle Sam

  2. Someone please remind me... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    ...why sweden matters other than this torvalts character?

  3. Solution... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    I live in Sweden. As long as they don't perform man-in-the-middle attacks on encrypted connections (which I would never spend my time on trying to detect), I'm safe. In the same way, the "terrorists" are safe as long as they hire someone who knows about heavy encryption. Those who are NOT safe, on the other hand, are normal citizens who don't even know how to SPELL encrpyption.

    There is, however, an easy solution to this problem... Assasinate each of the 143 who voted "yes". OH WAIT, THEY JUST WIRETAPPED ME WRITING THIS, SHIT THEY'RE HERE ALREADY, HELP MEEEE I'M GETTING ARRESTED1!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

  4. Re:Not Funny. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Moderators: Please do not reward people who do things like these by modding them up.