you don't even need to go to the Stasi. In West Germany there also always was a recognition of the right to private communication which is why the so called Bri

you don't even need to go to the Stasi. In West Germany there also always was a recognition of the right to private communication which is why the so called Briefgeheimnis ('secrecy of letters'[1]) was enshrined in the basic law. Privacy of correspondence is very, very hard to circumvent for historical reasons but also because it just seems essential to me in a free society to not treat everyone as a potential criminal who is subject to mass surveillance. [1]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secrecy_of_correspondence https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secrecy_of_correspondence