Austrian govt. considers new law enabling surveillance of "dangerous individuals"

Following the tragic school shooting in Graz, the Austrian government is considering a new law that enables the surveillance of "dangerous individuals". This proposed legislation could involve either deploying spyware or mandating the disabling of end-to-end encryption for suspects.

Critics, however, warn that such measures could erode privacy rights and set a dangerous precedent for government overreach. They also point out that the new surveillance tools may not have prevented recent attacks, as the perpetrators were unknown to law enforcement prior to the incidents. While the measure is intended to target only high-risk situations involving serious threats, concerns remain about its potential misuse and long-term implications for personal freedoms.

The law is still under consideration, but its introduction has sparked heated debates in Austria about balancing security needs with the protection of individual rights.

[!OPINION!] While the government claims this measure would only affect a maximum of 35 people, this logic is obviously flawed. Their so-called security measures for abuse prevention seem trivial and ineffective, as the pillars of privacy stay broken. It's about creating boundaries to make people feel safe, which doesn't matter because privacy is fundamentally compromised either way, and this law only makes it clear that with such measures, true privacy simply won't exist.