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Please provide examples of how the following countries are surveillance states:

Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Czechia, Croatia, Romania, Bulgaria, Albania, Greece, Italy, Spain, Portugal, France

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Gud 2 days ago | parent [-]

I don’t know much about many of those countries, and I have no reason to spend hours googling them.

but I know my home country Sweden, which used to have solid freedoms, have deteriorated quickly in the last few years.

Which is why I have moved to Switzerland, where the citizenry respect each other privacy(no country is perfect, but I do believe their decentralised direct democracy will keep protecting their liberties).

A recent law has enabled the Swedish police to open mail to private individuals if they suspect there might be drugs in them. This is just one change of many that has reduced the liberties of the citizens.

Don’t get me wrong, the Swedes want it this way. They are no longer a freedom loving people, sadly.

https://www.sverigesradio.se/artikel/police-to-contact-thous...

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HighGoldstein 2 days ago | parent [-]

> I don’t know much about many of those countries, and I have no reason to spend hours googling them.

A good reason might be to back up the serious accusation a few comments above.

> A recent law has enabled the Swedish police to open mail to private individuals if they suspect there might be drugs in them. This is just one change of many that has reduced the liberties of the citizens.

While this isn't ideal in a vacuum, I don't see the alternative. If physical mail is given inviolable privacy, you're pretty much handing bad actors the perfect delivery system on a silver platter. I'm sure there's other examples of decisions that increased Swedish authorities' surveillance capabilities, but to call a country a surveillance state requires a little more than "They can check your mail if they suspect you're using it for drug delivery".

	▲	Gud 2 days ago \| parent [-]
		who said mail should be given 'inviolable privacy'? Now there is enough reason to open private mail if the mail is a little squishy and it was sent from the wrong address.