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Remember times when a thing like this would cause an outrage?
by comboy 8y ago
Remember times when a thing like this would cause an outrage?
- pjc50 8y agoHonestly? No. It's only ever been a small group of us techies and lefties that get outraged. The general public is far more likely to be demanding that Something Be Done. European countries with a recent history of fascist occupation or the Stasi have a much more intuitive understanding of the risks.
- eru 8y agoAlas, the 'Alternative fuer Deutschland' is more popular in the formerly Stasi-plagued East than in the West. So the 'more intuitive understanding of the risks' might not work that well?
- Swinx43 8y agoThat has nothing to do with their perception of risk regarding surveillance. The supporters of the AfD view the current establishment as their main enemy and it has everything to do with their views on migration. If the AfD was openly campaigning to introduce surveillance laws those same areas would not be in favour of them. (At least that is what I have come to understand about them as a foreigner living in Germany)
- eru 8y agoThanks. I have been living as a German abroad for all of AfD's rise.
- clubm8 8y ago> Remember times when a thing like this would cause an outrage? Most news on the web is USA centric. I suspect if you replaced Privacy International with EFF, you'd get much more outrage.