EU Sues Sweden, Demands ISP Data Retention

Death Metal writes "The EU passed the Data Retention Directive years ago, a law that demands ISPs and search engines hold onto data long enough to help the cops (but not long enough to cause privacy problems). But Sweden never passed it into national law, and the European Commission has now sued the country to make sure a bill appears."

Comments

What does "help the police" mean?

[BadAnalogyGuy]

In an ideal world, we wouldn't need police. People would be nice to each other and crime wouldn't happen.

But we don't live in an ideal world. We live in a world with walls and those walls need to be guarded by men with guns. Who's going to do it? They have a greater responsibility than you can possibly fathom. You have the luxury of not knowing what they know. Their existence, while grotesque and incomprehensible to you, saves lives. You don't want to know the truth because deep down in places you don't talk about at Piratpartiet you want them on that wall, you need them on that wall. They use words like honor, code, loyalty. They use them as the backbone of a life trying to defend something. You use them as a punchline.

So enjoy your freedom to cry about the police, but realize that these men are the thin blue line between freedom and anarchy. Freedom entails risk. The law and police mitigate that risk. Hobble them at your own risk.

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Re:Why?

[x2A]

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