Vorratsdatenspeicherung, again.

A little explanatory sidenote to the pretty overlay currently decorating my site.

As you might remember, the german parliament, in 2007, passed the “Gesetz zur Neuregelung der Telekommunikationsüberwachung” (de / en), legalizing government mass data retention. ((Previously here, Previously: privacy-related). Now, January 1st 2009, things really get rolling: Broad retention of e-mail, phone, and internet connection data becomes mandatory (Only de), all to keep you safe, obviously.

Relatedly, the new BKA-Law was signed by the Bundespräsident. Now, we can have the government legally secretly ruffling through the data on anyones PC! lol, Bundestrojaner, indeed.

Thanks, dear CDU/CSU/SPD, but we could have lived without those christmas presents.

Update: Protest image, translated into english, because someone asked.