Germany’s historical experience with centralized databases (using IBM tech) means that there are very good reasons to be skeptical of a centralized approach tha

Germany’s historical experience with centralized databases (using IBM tech) means that there are very good reasons to be skeptical of a centralized approach that could conceivably allow a government to spy on or classify the population of a whole country or even A continent. Silicon Valley is a useful boogeyman, in part because they have done some things on the negative side of the evil ledger. Historically governments dwarf private companies in the amount of damage and misuse they Can unleash — with a few notable exceptions where they almost reach the scale of what tyrannical or incompetent governments can wrought.