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Romanian Cybersecurity Law Will Allow Warrantless Access To Data

jfruh writes: The Romanian Parliament has passed a bill that will allow its security services widespread access to data on privately owned services without a warrant, and once the president signs it, it will become law. The law would have widespread impact beyond Romania because the country is a hub for IT outsourcing.

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  1. Idiots by Drgnkght · · Score: 5, Insightful

    because the country is a hub for IT outsourcing

    Not anymore.

    1. Re:Idiots by Free+Censorship · · Score: 5, Insightful

      Odd how Americans think the same playbook is good and privacy is bad

      We're not a hivemind. I'm an American and I oppose nonsense like the NSA's mass surveillance 100%; I don't think they should even be collecting the data at all.

  2. Re:LOL fascists by Kjella · · Score: 4, Insightful

    It might be news to you, but capitalism - at least in the Russian variety and I wouldn't hold my breath on the US variety as of late - means a lot of the wealth has been accumulated on a few hands. I'm not sure that people are worse off on an absolute scale, but there's actually quite many feeling that they're worse off compared to everybody else. In Greece for example SYRIZA - the "Coalition of the Radical Left" - has been up to 27% in the polls lately. That's the birthplace of democracy, not some shithole that's never known anything different. Which I suppose is nicer than the way Germans reacted in the 1930s to the economic buttfucking of the Allies, I guess. In a dysfunctional economy most everything will seem like it's worth trying and they can be very productive in unconventional ways. Like the German war machine that nearly broke Europe's back in WWII was build by a country allegedely on the brink of bankruptcy. But money is money and guns in guns and what the lacked in the former they got plenty in the latter. Don't underestimate Russia and China just because they're not western.

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  3. Like U.S. by artlu · · Score: 3, Informative

    As most people are unaware, after the passing of the Dodd Frank reform act (post 2008 financial crisis), the U.S. gave blanket subpoena power to the civil agencies of this country with respect to financial records. Do your research, and remember The Market is not Random.

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