serious infraction of civil liberties
Thu, 22 Jun 2017 23:09:39 +0200
When you look what all has been pushed through or discussed recently to infract civil liberties this is really disturbing. Access to ID card photos, surveillance of children, access to toll data, facial recognition, etc.
#^New surveillance law: German police allowed to hack smartphones | Germany | DW | 22.06.2017
#^New surveillance law: German police allowed to hack smartphones | Germany | DW | 22.06.2017
Critics have slammed a proposed German surveillance law as infringing on civil liberties. The controversial legislation would empower investigators to read suspects' WhatsApp messages and other online communication.
"One can't help but get the impression that this serious infraction of civil liberties was deliberately hidden in a regular adjustment bill to push it through quickly and without discussion," Ulrich Schellenberg, the president of the German Lawyers Association, wrote in an email to DW.
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