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i am really worried about what's going on in eu (lemmy.ml)
submitted 1 year ago by to c/privacy@lemmy.ml
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Every day we get closer to an Orwellian society. The United Kingdom may already be one.

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[–] 1 point 1 year ago (1 child)

Yeah I think it's very subjective and this one anedcote is just that.

In Germany cash is preferred in most places, and that makes tracking payments difficult. This is not the case in most other european countries. That's an another anecdote for you.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago*

    That's a "people" preference.

    Mandatory registration of who buys a SIM card is a "government" preference.

    My point is that in Germany the Legislation favors privacy less than in other countries.

    Your point seems to be that in Germany people favor privacy more than in other countries.

    I made the point be about legislation because you mentioned GDPR / DSGVO, plus this post is about what governments are shoving down people's throats when it comes to surveillance. I don't expect that most people in Europe actually want governments snooping on their chats.

    Still, it's good to know that in Germany the people themselves favor privacy, even if so far they've been less successful at avoiding governmental overreach on surveillance than people in many other European nations (though compared with, say, Britain, Germany is veritable paradise in terms of state surveillance of the civil society).

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