Switzerland’s Privacy Pivot Triggers Exodus

Switzerland plans to force large online services to verify users with government IDs, store subscriber data for six months, and in many cases disable encryption—without a parliamentary vote. Because many VPN and privacy firms domicile there, the move would erase anonymity globally for their users. Proton has already announced it will move most infrastructure out of Switzerland and invest $117 million in the EU. — It shows how a single-country administrative change can rewire global privacy infrastructure and accelerate the formation of ‘digital sovereignty’ blocs.