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#Finland is looking for #NSA like #interception #eavesdropping #surveillance and global #hacking capabilities. It seems that #constitution has be be changed to make all this legal and possible.
http://yle.fi/uutiset/osasto/news/working_group_tables_constitutional_changes_to_broaden_official_surveillance_powers/9223709-
@sl So #Finland actually follows its #Constitution? If they are going down the mass surveillance path, they'll quickly find that the constitution gets in the way. They'll need to build themselves an escape portal (such as the #USA #FISA court) or give up on spying on their people.
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In #Finland it's usual to follow #legalization, not to #circumvent or work around it. It remains to be seen how this thing goes forward. - Of course it's possible that there are some operations and small organizations which are "above the law", but it shouldn't be like that. Nobody's at least publicly admitting that.
Changing constitution requires 2/3 of votes, so it's not clear that the changes are going to pass. We're living interesting times. -
If you're interested about more in depth blog post about this #surveillance #legalization and #constitution change in #Finland read this great #blog post by #JyrkiKasvi - It's in Finnish but here's a Google translated version: https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Fkasvi.org%2F%3Fp%3D670&edit-text=
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