[Chapter-delegates] [Ecc-council] Not so good news: Bulgarian Government attempts wire tapping, data retention

[Marcin Cieslak]

On Tue, 26 Jan 2010, Veni Markovski wrote:

> Marcin,
> Amazingly, our prime minister said last Sunday, on TV (sic!) that "his ONLY 
> mistake is that he listened to the public opinion against the usage of 24x7 
> interface. He also asked the people of Bulgaria, why are they not afraid that 
> the "foreign owners" of the mobile operators are listening to your traffic, 
> but are afraid that the minister of interior will do the same."

I've heard the same from the German MEP during the RIPE 55 session - 
"we are concerned with the private sector use of data; not with authorities".

> So, this one, with the HADOPI in Belgium, and probably other restrictive laws 
> around Europe, are signs the citizens are on the defense, and they are losing 
> the battle for protection against intrusion in their lives.

We have a meeting tomorrow with the minister-in-charge of the Polish government,
since the gov't approved the Internet censorship law last week. However,
the Internet community here began to stir up... Will keep you posted :)

--Marcin