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[NOISE] Re: Notes from the SF Physical Cypherpunks meeting
> From: [email protected] (Martin Minow)
> Subject: Re: Notes from the SF Physical Cypherpunks meeting
[...]
> The Swedish government has a rather strong tradition of protection
> of individual privacy (encrypting COM e-mail is one example).
[...]
> Martin Minow
> [email protected]
Huh? 'a rather strong tradition of protection of individual privacy'? In
Sweden, for many years you could (and for all I know, still) go to a public
records office and look up all kinds of personal data on anyone, without
restriction - you could, for example, find out your co-workers exact
salaries if you were curious.
My understanding is that Sweden's postion vis-a-vis the Internet has
been particularly clueless, with international email technically a crime,
and government officials who regard modems as criminal tools.
I hope things have improved.
Peter Trei (former resident alien in Sweden)
[email protected]