Random Anger

Today the German Cabinet passed a law that allows federal police to observe private computers and living space using illegal tools – no judical resolution required. This is against the German Constitution (Grundgesetz) but nevertheless they finally decided to restrain our right, just to protect us. This really reminds of American conditions, where people already live under a general suspicion. Now it seems, we finally made it too. All telecomunication data is store for at least 6 months to track and record what people do.
This is, at the moment, only a counterterrorism act, but experience shows, once you have a tool like that, you slightly change the wording from “terrorist” to “criminal” and “threat” to “delict” … and here we go, a tool to track every filesharer .

Sorry folks, but this is not the right way (well, it is the right-wing way). You can’t protect civil rights by resticting and anulling them. As far as I can see, all that does is to give the impression, the illusion of safety combined with a loss of trust and credit of our officials and it will spread fear and suspiciousness. But it won’t prevent a single terrorist attack.

However, (that’s what they say) it might at least help to resolve them! But this is something most post-terror-attack investigations never had problem with. In most cases these people are proud of they do, they don’t try to stay anonimous and the actual perpetrator is, most likely, still at the scene … in parts probaly unable to become a repeater.

All together only a clear way to undermine freedom and democracy. This is doing more damage to our society than every possible attack could. See you in 1984.