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title: "\"We would be less confidential than Google\" – Proton threatens to quit Switzerland over new surveillance law"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/we-would-be-less-confidential-than-google-proton-threatens-to-quit-switzerland-over-new-surveill-8wfdf8niu
source_url: https://www.techradar.com/vpn/vpn-privacy-security/we-would-be-less-confidential-than-google-proton-threatens-to-quit-switzerland-over-new-surveillance-law
type: article
source: "Hacker News"
published: 2025-05-17T17:48:26.143Z
updated: 2025-05-17T17:50:55.372Z
tags: ["security", "privacy", "encryption", "vpn"]
reading_time: 4
upvotes: 27
comments: 4
language: en
---

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# "We would be less confidential than Google" – Proton threatens to quit Switzerland over new surveillance law

**[Hacker News](https://daily.dev/sources/hn)** · 4 min read · 27 upvotes · 4 comments

## Summary

Proton and NymVPN, prominent VPN service providers, are threatening to leave Switzerland due to proposed amendments to the country's surveillance law. The changes would require VPNs and messaging apps to identify and retain user data, compromising encryption and online privacy. This amendment is opposed by companies and political entities in Switzerland, with concerns about privacy rights and international competitiveness.

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## Community discussion

Top comments from developers on daily.dev.

**@fidelski** · 4 upvotes

> I don't think that these changes are going to make it through! This is about Switzerland, the people always(!) have the last voice here. And this is definitely very controversial, people are already preparing a petition: https://www.digitale-gesellschaft.ch/

**@zacharyrowden** · 0 upvotes

> Even if a provider agreed to this... all the criminals would go to other platforms or just use pgp over gmail or something. It's not like they can just make cryptography disappear through the power of legislation 🫠. I guess this is the kind of bullshit that birthed "Euro-skepticism"

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