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Germany Plans To Fingerprint Children and Spy On Personal Messages (fortune.com)
From a report: Germany is planning a new law giving authorities the right to look at private messages and fingerprint children as young as 6, the interior minister said on Wednesday after the last government gathering before a national election in September. Ministers from central government and federal states said encrypted messaging services, such as WhatsApp and Signal, allow militants and criminals to evade traditional surveillance. "We can't allow there to be areas that are practically outside the law," interior minister Thomas de Maiziere told reporters in the eastern town of Dresden.
Geez....why would the populace stand for this?
Probably because they're afraid. Remember, as an expert on the subject infamously observed, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger.
(That was Gestapo founder Hermann Goering, for those who missed the reference. The original comment was about the futility of relying on popular elections to avoid a war that the political leaders want, but the principle seems just as relevant in this context.)
If you disagree, post your argument. (-1, Overrated) isn't your personal censorship tool for views you don't like.
Not really, it's just not talked about.
In some ways, Japan is more open about it. For instance Japan has sex dolls for pedophiles. Although data is preliminary, these dolls appear to reduce predatory behavior by giving pedos a harmless outlet. It is unthinkable that America could do something this sensible.