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Look at the bright side: new markets!

Look at the bright side: new markets!

Posted Dec 14, 2005 19:54 UTC (Wed) by chel (guest, #11544)
Parent article: EU adopts data retention

We can be quite sure this idea won't work: Almost everywhere you can use badly protected WiFi networks, anonymous prepayd cellphones sell for about E30,= here in THe Netherlands. The secret service that should use the information does not trust networks and is using floppies (and leaves them with unprotected information in the car when they sell it. The secret service agent that recovered the floppies even left his laptop in his car when he collected these floppies!)

I think this new directive will enable a new market for privacy services. There are a lot of services possible, within and outside Europe that will restore some privacy.


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