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Switzerland's overrated privacy protection

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Aug 25, 2026 7:35 AM
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https://tuta.com/blog/switzerland-surveillance-plan
https://www.derbund.ch/andy-yen-gegen-revisionsplan-des-bundesrats-mit-dieser-aggressiven-ueberwachung-muesste-proton-die-schweiz-verlassen-487339556764

Although the first article has suspicions of bias. namely, that Tuta is a company registered in Germany and inevitably shows some favoritism toward Germany. the core concepts of its blog remain valid.

Switzerland, as a country that is "neutral" and "safe" in financial terms, has created an illusion of privacy-first ideology. However, in reality, Switzerland is a small country with far less developed internet infrastructure compared to its neighboring European countries. In terms of internet-related legislation, expert participation, federal legislative experience, and engagement with internet human rights, it occupies a position that people tend to overlook.

Meanwhile, many companies that claim to prioritize privacy rely solely on their registration in Switzerland as their "security credential." But now even this single point is becoming increasingly questioned and unreliable.

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Aug 26, 2026 9:49 AM
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@Nebuchadnezzar_II First, this discussion is about numerous privacy/security services established in Switzerland, backed by "Swiss law." Nobody restricted the topic to email alone. A quick search yields an example: https://stellarsecurity.com/ — they plaster "Swiss-built" on every page (I think they're the most Swiss-patriotic non-citizen patriots). They sell eSIM, VPN, phones, security software, and other security services, yet there's zero professional security auditing, no open-source transparency. The only security claim they likely have is that nebulous Swiss registration used to package their globally sourced online offerings.

Second, privacy was never meant to be intimidation, nor does it require extreme framing. In the eyes of professionals, every phone user is essentially walking security suicide (at least I haven't used a phone myself for many years), but does that mean we should all just walk naked down the street? Maybe you just don't want your ex to send revenge messages to all your contacts after a breakup, or maybe you don't want your coworkers to accidentally see the porn you're viewing and mock you for it.

In my view, privacy is never absolute intimidation—it's more like a "decibel" ratio unit. Privacy from people around you is one unit; privacy from script kiddies is another unit; privacy from a police state is yet another; and privacy from the Five Eyes alliance going all-out to pursue you (damn, did you kill Trump or all G7's head?) is still another unit. Anyone can break any encryption—you just need a $10 billion computer and several millennia to wait. But clearly, nobody can afford that cost. Privacy is simply making the cost of someone wanting to snoop into your life so high that they either don't want to or cannot bear it.

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