France’s plan to legalize mass surveillance will give it the power to spy on the world

It's not breaking the law anymore when you change the laws you were breaking...right?

Article by Cory Doctorow for Boing Boing

After getting caught breaking its own laws with a mass surveillance program, the French government has introduced legislation that mirrors the NSA's rules, giving it the power to spy on all foreigners -- and any French people who happen to be swept up in the dragnet.

It's a disturbing precedent that moves the whole EU closer to unrestricted global surveillance. If cyberwar were a football game, the score would be 400-400 at the end of the first down -- all offense, no defense.

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