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Interesting: ProtonMail finally admits that Germany "is a good choice given Germany’s strong privacy laws and culture that make it almost as strong as Switzerland."

For once, we couldn't agree more. 😀

We'd even argue Germany is much better as we do not have data retention laws (which would be against the German constitution) - while in Switzerland large tech companies are forced by law to retain data: https://tutanota.com/blog/posts/data-retention-germany

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Germany: Data retention to be abolished once and for all.

According to the German Minister of Justice data retention or "the storage of telecommunications data without any reason" could soon come to an end.
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I think Germany itself is not the problem
more so the European Union sometimes attempting big privacy interventions
e.g. chat control
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Tuta
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@iwastux @PuffPuffPeace Exactly, being in a 14 eyes does not matter; Germany & Switzerland are no different when it comes to secret services. That's why we need end-to-end encryption! https://tutanota.com/blog/posts/fourteen-eyes-countries

Fourteen Eyes Countries: How does this affect your privacy and security?

Five, Nine, and Fourteen Eyes Countries Explained.
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