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Data Retention Proven to Change Citizen Behavior

Posted by samzenpus on from the I-always-feel-like-somebody's-watching-me dept.

G'Quann writes "A new survey shows that data retention laws indeed do influence the behavior of citizens (at least in Germany). 11% had already abstained from using phone, cell phone or e-mail in certain occasions and 52% would not use phone or e-mail for confidential contacts. This is the perfect argument against the standard 'I have nothing to hide' argumentation. Surveillance is not only bad because someone might discover some embarrassment. It changes people. 11% at least."

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  1. Gotta consider *which* 11% by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Perhaps the 11% that changed their behavior was the 11% that SHOULD change their behavior. Drug dealers, thieves, politicians, etc.

    Raw numbers mean nothing without context.

  2. Re:Wake up! Domestic spying is bad news. by T-Bone-T · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    You like strawmen, don't you? Those weren't strawmen, they were rhetorical questions and valid points to consider. That doesn't make them strawmen.