Sweden's Snoop Law Targets Russia

praps writes "There's been much controversy lately over Sweden's new law which allows the signal intelligence agency (FRA) to monitor all data traffic within the country's borders. The Swedish government has kept curiously quiet about the new law's objectives but sources close to the intelligence community say that Russia is the prime target. '"80 percent of Russia's contacts with large parts of the world travel through cables in Sweden. That is the core of the issue," said one source.'" Related: EuroConcerned writes "Many things are happening in Sweden after the new legislation on wiretapping has been voted. TorrentFreak has an article on what's going on, including massive protests and Google moving their servers away from the country."

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now that's funny

[negRo_slim]

FTFA:

His email was leaked to the press by another party colleague and Andrén was later heard on a recorded phone-call exclaiming that his secrecy of correspondence had been broken and that it was âoeGestapo methodsâ. Dude, you just voted for a bill that allows all emails to be read and all phone calls to be recorded. Live with it!

I am glad to see their politicians are as inept as my politicians!

solution to these sorts of problems

[suck_burners_rice]

My plan to fight this sort of thing:

1. Profit!!!

2. Buy a large island and form a new government on it, which cannot pass any laws without approval by 50% of the public (not 50% of voters but 50% of the island's population) in a vote, which takes place once per year.

3. ???

Re:haha

[Anonymous Coward]

sweeden is full of loser-faggots

Only because we are so generous with immigration from Finland and Norway

Re:haha

[Hognoxious]

In Soviet Russia, loser faggots are full of YOU!!!