The Drain Act: The Government’s Big Brother
The controversial wiping act seems to come closer every day, as well as the referendum on this law. The Electoral Council has received more than 27,000 valid signatures. The last stage has been reached with this achievement. There are 300,000 signatures required for an advisory referendum about the Drain act.
What does the drain act contain?
This law is the Big Brother of the government. The “digital eyes” of the secret services will end up everywhere. This law gives the government the power to tap and hack into civilian’s communication channels. It is not only about the citizens who are targeted by the intelligence services, but it can also be citizens who are far behind the network of a certain “target”. Anonymity is far beyond normal with this law.
The law is not just about draining information from citizens. This law involves much more drastic measures. We put the most important points of the law for you in a row.
More drainage capacity
The secret services AIVD and his partner the MIVD get a lot more drainage powers. Currently, only individual Internet connections can be tapped. When this Act will be activated, the secret services may largely tap internet traffic. Wi-Fi hotspots and chat apps are included.
Burgers hacking
The AIVD may hack people close to the suspects. This means that colleagues, friends, relatives and even neighbours can be hacked. The secret service has no longer to do with encrypted chat apps. All messages can be read and the target can be overheard through the microphone.
Collaborate with informants
The law allows the AIVD to work with informants. Informers can best be compared with tips, people who provide the secret services voluntarily with information. These notices concern not only individual citizens, but also companies and organizations. The more data a company has, the more interesting the company is for the secret services. A worrying development regarding business confidentiality.
Exchange data
Another important aspect of this law is the mutual exchange of data. What exactly does this mean? This aspect implies that the data collected by the secret services, can be passed through to the US, UK, or German secret services. These data do not even have to be checked by Dutch secret services. This discredits the anonymity of innocent Dutch citizens.
Protect your anonymity
The law goes far, way too far. This law poses a high risk for the privacy of Dutch citizens. From society there are all kinds of measures that try to offer resistance. You too can do something about it. In addition to signing the referendum, there is more to do against this law: Managing a VPN connection.
A VPN connection guarantees your internet data. VPN ensures that your Internet traffic is not traceable. To ensure confidentiality, most VPN providers do not store your data. This will prevent your data from being forwarded to the secret services.
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