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I think it's a uniquely German problem, because nowhere else in the EU did Google have to blur buildings. Having immigrated to Germany I can tell that Germans a

I think it's a uniquely German problem, because nowhere else in the EU did Google have to blur buildings. Having immigrated to Germany I can tell that Germans are pretty much privacy-obsessed, with strict regulations on CCTV (you will get in trouble if your camera points to the street) and hardly anyone having a social media account.

Semaphor 3y ago
> hardly anyone having a social media account. Not my experience at all. We are also often only privacy-obsessed, when there are big news articles about it.
- elminjo 3y ago
  I live in Berlin, and I have only one friend who has a Facebook account but doesn't even use it.
  - corgihamlet 3y ago
    But they probably all use Instagram.
    - expertentipp 3y ago
      Instagram is for DUMB people! Let's catch up on WhatsApp.
politelemon 3y ago
Not my observation. They aren't as privacy obsessed as it's made out to be, only when there's a big fuss made out of something. There's still heavy social media use which completely contradicts the privacy focus.
unmole 3y ago
> and hardly anyone having a social media account Bullshit. https://www.statista.com/statistics/268136/top-15-countries-based-on-number-of-facebook-users/ https://www.statista.com/statistics/268136/top-15-countries-... ~30% of the population has a Facebook account.
tsbischof 3y ago
And yet it is one of the few places where it is mandatory to have your name on the publicly-facing postbox in order for mail to arrive. The privacy sentiment here is all over the place.
- worklaptopacct 3y ago
  Another thing is the legal requirement to put your full name and home address on any website you own privately. Everyone I ask about this contradiction is like "Well it is like it is, so it probably has to be like that"
- expertentipp 3y ago
  Yet the courier will never be able to find your surname, and the TV license scum will hound you regardless of the label on the postbox.
tecleandor 3y ago
The CCTV thing is general to the EU due to the GDPR. It happens in Spain too, for example.
BrandoElFollito 3y ago
They have to in France, on request.

Semaphor 3y ago

> hardly anyone having a social media account. Not my experience at all. We are also often only privacy-obsessed, when there are big news articles about it.

elminjo 3y ago
I live in Berlin, and I have only one friend who has a Facebook account but doesn't even use it.
- corgihamlet 3y ago
  But they probably all use Instagram.
  - expertentipp 3y ago
    Instagram is for DUMB people! Let's catch up on WhatsApp.

politelemon 3y ago

Not my observation. They aren't as privacy obsessed as it's made out to be, only when there's a big fuss made out of something. There's still heavy social media use which completely contradicts the privacy focus.

unmole 3y ago

> and hardly anyone having a social media account Bullshit. https://www.statista.com/statistics/268136/top-15-countries-based-on-number-of-facebook-users/ https://www.statista.com/statistics/268136/top-15-countries-... ~30% of the population has a Facebook account.

tsbischof 3y ago

And yet it is one of the few places where it is mandatory to have your name on the publicly-facing postbox in order for mail to arrive. The privacy sentiment here is all over the place.

worklaptopacct 3y ago
Another thing is the legal requirement to put your full name and home address on any website you own privately. Everyone I ask about this contradiction is like "Well it is like it is, so it probably has to be like that"
expertentipp 3y ago
Yet the courier will never be able to find your surname, and the TV license scum will hound you regardless of the label on the postbox.

tecleandor 3y ago

The CCTV thing is general to the EU due to the GDPR. It happens in Spain too, for example.

BrandoElFollito 3y ago

They have to in France, on request.