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Old 28 Jun 2017, 12:22 AM   #7
xor
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Any sources for this? Never heard about such a law (which doesn't mean it doesn't exist).
This is the law since 2005. See here.

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The quoted article at Heise says the trouble would be about whether FastMail has to officially identify themselves to Bundesnetzagentur as a "commercial provider of telecommunication services".
Yes, but with the "registration" come all the other "goodies" like having to provide the mentioned interfaces for snooping on user's emails. This is what the request really is about.
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