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> In Germany we have learned our lesson, and we will fight for our privacy online on all ends. Except dick jokes, of course.

• nothrabannosir 11y ago
  I haven't been following German news, lately; what did I miss?
  • aaronem 11y ago
    See https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10774152 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10774152 for details and analysis.
    • a_bonobo 11y ago
      >Cock.li was reportedly used last week to send a bogus bomb threat e-mail from "madbomber@cock.li" to several school districts nationwide, which led to the closure of all schools in the Los Angeles Unified School District. I don't see what that has to do with dick-jokes being the reason
      • aaronem 11y ago
        Concern over privacy, which has been severely compromised by the confiscation of ~65k users' data (including stored email) in an investigation into the actions of one, seems not particularly on offer in this case, where the only significant departure from the norm is that the service is named after a shameless dick joke.