Post #2126823
2026-05-02 14:53 UTC
Dear politicians,
your push for surveillance is wrong! Not just morally, but also from a strategic perspective. In a geopolitical environment shaped by digital warfare, the data you collect on citizens will become a threat. Adversaries will try to weaponize those data, and sooner or later, they will succeed.
A transparent society is vulnerable to all sorts of malicious influence.
Privacy supports resilience! Data you don't have cannot be used by or against anyone!
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#privacy #DataProtection
Replies (3)
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@elala@nrw.social 2026-05-03 16:35
@r_alb@mastodon.social I fear that the politicians who will pass the laws enabling total surveillance know full well that people will be vulnerable to blackmail if all their personal information falls into the wrong hands. That is precisely why they have to do it.😬 🙈
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@Workshopshed@mastodon.scot 2026-05-04 07:34
@r_alb@mastodon.social a digital Panopticon?
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@Blort@social.tchncs.de 2026-05-11 15:13
@r_alb@mastodon.social Depends on the threat model. I think in most cases they consider the main threat to be internal and ideological, with external threats being secondary. For example, listen to Trump. Yes, he complains about China, but he complains about "radical left wing extremists" ten times more often. #Privacy #USPol #Trump #Surveillance