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by germanier 3y ago
Although Telegram still claims > To this day, we have disclosed 0 bytes of user data to third parties, including governments. https://telegram.org/faq and the Telegram transparency bot states when queried from Germany &g
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by germanier 3y ago
Yes, you are right. I was was confusing it with the ePrivacy regulation which still is in the works. The above text is from the directive though.
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by germanier 3y ago
One necessitates the other. Anyway, arguing that anyone who cares about security can trust society to protect them but those who care about privacy should not, is a really poor argument.
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by germanier 3y ago
I know next to nothing about the "global population of internet users". I know a fair bit about the EU population and I can assure you that it's a very substantial proportion.
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by germanier 3y ago
I do understand. That's why I also understand that the only solution to that is on a political and not on an individual level.
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by germanier 3y ago
It's not in force yet, not even passed.
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by germanier 3y ago
The Cambridge Analytica scandal was broken two years after the GDPR passed. It has been in the works long before Trump announced his campaign.
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by germanier 3y ago
I have given my landlord a key recently so that he can check the smoke alarm and take the water meter reading while I'm at work. I trust that he didn't install a hidden camera even though nothing could have stopped him apart from
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by germanier 3y ago
Although these things are called "cookie banner", it doesn't matter whether you need/use cookies or do it server-side. It's about the data that is being processed and the intent, not the technical implementation.
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by germanier 3y ago
I don't live in a heavily fortified home only accessible through a drawbridge but still give a fuck about the privacy of my little city flat that you could probably enter with a heavy kick. Modern society enables miracles.
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by germanier 3y ago
It's hard to accept because many, many people won't agree with you and do give a fuck.
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by germanier 3y ago
It's not enough that you "want to". You have to weigh your interest and that of the users against each other and would probably come to the conclusion that you can process that data for that purpose without consent if you agg
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by germanier 3y ago
It's not legal. It's just not rigorously enforced. It was promised that things get better with the proposed ePrivacy regulation. Let's see.
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by germanier 3y ago
A creditor ID and a direct debit agreement with some bank, yes. After you have those, (usually) the banks won't verify individual transactions.
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by germanier 3y ago
Yes, if you set up a direct debit agreement with a bank you can do that. If you'd actually try what you suggest it will be revoked quickly and charges filed as your identity is known.
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by germanier 3y ago
The SEPA mandate is between the parties in the transaction. While banks require their existence, it is usually not shared with the banks involved.
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by germanier 4y ago
Simplified, the seller is responsible as long as the buyer can reasonably expect the feature to work based on public statements by the seller and their supply chain (including the manufacturer).
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by germanier 4y ago
Stuff like that is covered by the Sales of Goods Directive (2019/771)
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by germanier 4y ago
This can't be true. Any method must be at least as good as a coin toss. If it's worse you can just bit flip the result and end up better than the coin.
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by germanier 4y ago
> For spare-parts and components that legal guarantee for consumers doesn't apply There is no such exception.
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by germanier 4y ago
That's basically a language/cultural issue - in some places the semantics of the word "tax" are more narrowly defined than in others leading to discussions like these.
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by germanier 4y ago
That's like saying anyone who owns property is a "part of the government" because "the government" has granted them special authority to enforce their property rights. In Germany, the right of those broadcasters to
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by germanier 4y ago
A simple ad campaign running for a few weeks hardly reaches everybody. Not even close to.
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by germanier 4y ago
Which is why countries like Germany roll out federated decentralized login solutions – it's just a really slow process due to (among many other factors) the humongous number of stakeholders to involve.
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by germanier 4y ago
It's a chicken-and-egg situation. Estonia has a much higher than average number of elderly using such online services. If you for any reason don't want to, you can still visit a government office in person to do your business.
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by germanier 4y ago
After recognizing that risk, Estonia famously signed an international treaty with Luxemburg "in the spirit of the Vienna Convention" to host an offsite backup (and plans to extend such initiatives). https://www.riigitea
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by germanier 4y ago
Not sure where you read that it only applies to companies - certainly not in the GDPR itself. It also applies to public entities - courts, government agencies, etc. It wouldn't apply in this case due to other reasons though.
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by germanier 4y ago
Certain kind of income is taxed even without tax residency (so-called beschränkte Steuerpflicht). This is independent of citizenship though. Only for public servants working and living abroad German citizenship is relevant when it comes to
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by germanier 4y ago
Note that in this case, a two-thirds majority in the general assembly of members have to confirm the kick-out, which is judging by my experience in other associations a really high bar to clear. In any case, such a decision can be review by
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by germanier 4y ago
Even they often try to cross the line, all German public agencies including police are required (by law in the states, by constitution for the federal level) to answer journalists' questions.

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