The right to privacy is in deep trouble throughout the western world. The latest bad news comes from France, which has just been saddled with a new national intelligence agency with the power to keep track of the political ideas and sex lives of people who are not suspected of being criminals.
Time will tell if the French people are less docile than their counterparts in the USA. Check out this piece by European Digital Rights; it includes links to some French sources. For other coverage, look here, here, and here.
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