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EU Data-Retention Laws Stricter Than Many People Realized
An anonymous reader writes with a snippet from the Telegraph: "A European Union directive, which Britain was instrumental in devising, comes into force which will require all internet service providers to retain information on email traffic, visits to web sites and telephone calls made over the internet, for 12 months."
You're probably right. The massive overhead required will be costly, and likely drive some small ISPs out of business.
Other thought: The E.U. just crossed the line into U.S. government territory. In addition to citizens being harassed by the local "state" governments - now it's also the central government that is directly harassing the citizens via stupid laws/directives. Twice the fun! Congratulations Europeans. Now you get to have the same fun we Americans have been experiencing since 1933. ;-)
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You mean they forgot to the article ?
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You mean they forgot to the article ?
Whoosh!
Quantum hacker.