The proposed update to Switzerland’s Ordinance on the Surveillance of Postal and Telecommunications Traffic (VÜPF: Verordnung über die Überwachung des Post- und Fernmeldeverkehrs) represents a significant expansion of state surveillance powers, worse than the surveillance powers of the USA. If enacted, it would have serious consequences for encrypted services such as Threema, an encrypted WhatsApp alternative and Proton Mail as well as VPN providers based in Switzerland.
Not really many second bests out there, Sweden bent over and wants to join the EU and the Netherlands has had a rocky history of seizing data-centres.
Switzerland is the last stand for true neutrality.
I mean to my knowledge the US hasn’t tried to force encryption backdoors recently?
No but they’re still apart of the Five Eyes Alliance which regulates companies on how data is processed and handled.
If I’m not mistaken user data must be retained for 7 years under the five eyes alliance, I’ll try to find a source to this.
Edit - I think this describes the different alliances pretty well: https://www.comparitech.com/blog/vpn-privacy/guide-to-the-5-9-14-eyes-alliances/
Which has nothing to do with encryption?
You’re right it doesn’t dive into encryption however, given that the data is still accessible a government agency can surely decrypt it if they truly wanted to, even if it take them years.