Hi.

In Germany our government tries to establish more and more surveilance laws (and techniques) with the all-trumping argument of “preventing terrorism”. But we all know, that, if once established, those laws and techniques will be soon used and widend up to other “nice” uses, that come in handy.

Actual example is the hidden installation of “Staats-Trojaner”, a spying trojan, to surveil an individual computer. Once justificated with “terrorism and major crimes”, they now want to use it for burglary too…

And then there is the scanning of licence plates on the Autobahn. Once wanted for the “Maut” (toll), now they want it to use for nearly everything…

As a member of the Pirate party I had and have lots and lots of discussions with people that state this silly argument “I don’t have to hide something”.

The only answer I give by now is “Sure you have. Your privacy”…

Not to mention the ever growing right-wing party “AfD”.

Imagin they came to power. And all this data and surveillance technique would be on their hands…

For some of them (and unfortunately for some other politicians in germany also) China is their wet dream…