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The EU prepares ground for wider data retention – and VPN providers are among the targets (www.techradar.com)
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With the Chat Control bill entering its final stage, the EU Council has been busy thinking about what a new data retention framework could look like.

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[–] tocano@piefed.social 13 points 2 days ago

Crucially, the document reveals that EU governments see metadata – specifically traffic and location history – as the most vital tool for law enforcement.

Ah, yes. Store data at the risk of it being hacked or used by companies in order to protect the people from themselves.