3 ms·
That went well for all the dutch jews in WW2 where the government also held detailed records about religious affiliation.. sometimes it is not about what is now
by Profan 8y ago
That went well for all the dutch jews in WW2 where the government also held detailed records about religious affiliation.. sometimes it is not about what is now, but what will or might be later.
- _jal 8y agoExactly. People forget the role of IT ("data processing") at all of our peril. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_during_World_War_II https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_during_World_War_II
- pdkl95 8y agoUsing this[1] map created from the Dutch census data (which included religious affiliation), the Nazis were able to very efficiently send about 3/4 of the black dots on that map to be murdered in the camps. Collecting that census data probably seemed reasonable at the time. The new use case that needed a new way of aggre4gating and presenting the data happened later, almost as an emergent property. The only y to prevent problems that haven't been invented yet is to minimize the attack surface: if the records don't exist, they can't be misused. [1] https://www.verzetsmuseum.org/uploads/archive/museum/topstukken/stippenkaart_1633.jpg https://www.verzetsmuseum.org/uploads/archive/museum/topstuk...