05 Jan 20 14:38, Michiel van der Vlist wrote to Gerrit Kuehn:
GK>> I'm sorry to have to say this, but that attitude gives me the creeps GK>> every time I hear (or read) it.
MvdV> Same here. I HAVE things to hide. From the bad guys. I do not know MvdV> who will be the bad guys in five years...
That's part of the problem: If legislation and data is already in place, it becomes quite easy to do all kinds of nasty things without much effort and hassle. Eichmann was quite happy to use all the ID data Dutch authorities already had collected about their Jewish citizens...
The only way to prevent misusage of a data pool is to have no data pool in the first place. I know people from Scandinavia (and maybe also from the UK?) have a traditionally more relaxed position on privacy and data protection, but I guess in Germany we have enough reason to be more concerned.
