[RBO2]

It is not a hasard to have this kind of laws in France. France hasn't known dictatorship for long. French representatives don't know what a Stasi-like security state would look like. It would be harder to have such a law in Germany.

The low number of delegates during the vote whows how archaic the French politic system is: they are against their own party so they prefer to be missing. There is little discussion. And there is no way to make a petition in France that would go to the parliament or provoke a referendum.

France just shows how current institutions are overwhelmed by new technologies.

[thesimon]

>It would be harder to have such a law in Germany. No, we already have this law. Companies with over 10k users need to install a black box to make easy access for the state. There is also a proposal to save communication for 8 weeks, of course just to protect against terrorists.

[bjelkeman-again]

Is that so? How are the 10k users defined? Where can one read more about this?

[javaes]

Do you have a source for the black box law in Germany (can be in german)?

[_up]

http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telekommunikations-%C3%9Cberwac...

[pierrec]

You probably meant "Its not by chance that France get this kind of law". Because "Not a hasard" (hazard) means "not dangerous", making your whole post confusing.

[jamiek88]

He meant it's not a hazard to the politicians careers to introduce such a law as the public don't really know what it means in reality unlike Germany say who have such direct experience, I think.

[louhike]

I think the OP you respond to is right. It is a common mistake for french persons.

[coldcode]

If you read enough French history you realize how paranoid governments there are about anything that might damage the power of the government, whether it be royal, republican or communist. You have enough coups and the like over time you tend to do anything to keep it from happening again. Though of course it does anyway...