“It is incomprehensible to me that a geographically blessed and politically sophisticated nation like Norway would ever willingly embrace mass surveillance infrastructure. This proposal is a crime against the liberal tradition, “writes Edward Snowden in Norwegian on his Twitter profile.
In the post, he linked to an NRK chronicle written by Tekna Vice President Elisabet Haugsbø and Tekna Big Data Board Member Inge Harkestad.
Russian President Vladimir Putin granted American Edward Snowden Russian citizenship at the end of September. Snowden has lived in exile in Russia since 2013. He Lives in Moscow with his wife and two children.
Commenting on the NRK Chronicle
The column is titled “Unprecedented Mass Surveillance” and deals with the new e-services law and the possible privacy challenges that columnists believe the law may entail.
“The intelligence service will now create a system to gather information on almost all digital communications in Norway. This includes the messages you send via email or in apps, your phone calls and much more. It has nothing to say if you have. done something suspicious or not, “Haugsbø and Harkestad write in the post”
The Tekna duo believes this will allow for total monitoring of the company.
“They can see who you associate with and can predict with certainty if you are in a relationship, what your religion is, if you are going through a divorce, your health and more”
Nettavisen tried to get a comment from the secret services without success.
Warn the Norwegians
Snowden believes that Norway neither needs nor benefits from such a system. The American believes the proposal exists only entirely for the benefit of foreign intelligence partners.
It also appeals to the Norwegian people.
“Ask yourself: who really wants this system? Are they also Norwegian? No, this is a case of American hands writing with a Norwegian pen. It is a violation of sovereignty – public and private. Protect your rights or you will lose them like everyone else “
