Re:Mailbox.org – Privacy made in Germany
by SyneRyder on Saturday August 27, 2016 @03:17AM
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It's a relative thing - I know most Germans don't see themselves as privacy-minded, but the bar is so low everywhere else that the little things in Germany add up & make it stand out.
One example is browsing Google Street View and seeing how many buildings & houses are blurred out in Germany due to people sending privacy requests. I don't think I've ever seen that in Australia, but I keep encountering it when planning my trips to Germany. 3% of Germans opted-out of their house being included in Street View - a low percentage of Germans, but still crazy high compared to the rest of the world:
https://googlepolicyeurope.blogspot.com/2010/10/how-many-ger...
Just in case the moderators aren't catching it, the name of the throwaway that posted the dead comment is literally "pluma is a cunt" (in German).
I would respond to their arguments but I'm not sure they're making any and I don't think they're actually disagreeing with me (or even understanding what I'm saying).
... and then using their Payback loyalty cards at every opportunity.
Don't get me wrong: many Germans hold out on loyalty cards and some people may indeed use cash to avoid a paper trail, but you make us Germans sound like mythical privacy-minded creatures which the vast majority of us is decidedly not.