Comment on Swiss officials not following EU use of burner phones for US travel
_cryptagion@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 days ago
That’s like saying Mexico isn’t following EU use of burner phones. The Swiss are not part of the EU, so why are they being compared to them?
holomorphic@lemmy.world 4 days ago
Because, while Switzerland is not part of the EU, it follows many of its regulations. Maybe even most of them.
In this particular case, I happen to know that the inofficial rule is indeed to have burner phones for travel into the us in some cases. But you’re never supposed to have unencrypted data on your phone or laptop in any case.
Frostbeard@lemmy.world 4 days ago
Switzerland is not en EEA member (Norway and Iceland) and adopt EU regulations on a case by case basis. EEA members are obliged to adopt as default in national legislation, but have the option to decline, but it often comes with consequences.
There are some EFTA (Norway, Switzerland, Liechtenstein and Iceland) deal with the EU but no idea how that works.