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German police use COVID tracing data to track down witnesses in case UNRELATED TO COVID
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⬐ errantmindWhat surprises me is that people are surprised when this happens. Only barely and mostly cynically.Learn from history. If it can be abused, it will. The only way to stop it is to make it impossible to happen in the first place. Usually that means refusing early in the game, as opposed to being 'reasonable' until the inevitable happens. By then it is too late.
⬐ LennyHenrysNutsThey did this in Australia:https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/breach-of-trust-poli...
⬐ version_fiveIsnt there some "law" about any power than can be abused will be? People love to look down on anyone who points out the potential for abuse in this kind of thing as a "conspiracy theorist" but history has shown it always happens this way⬐ milesThe article itself for those who prefer reading:https://dw.com/en/german-police-under-fire-for-misuse-of-cov...