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Re:BundesMessenger is a milestone in Germany’s ground-breaki... by catiopatio on Friday December 16, 2022 @03:34PM (#34019959)
How does that prevent anything?

An empty promise today is easily broken tomorrow. The best defense-in-depth against future abuse is not building the abusable system in the first place.

Adoption might start as a voluntary choice, but pervasive integration with other technology and services result in it becoming effectively mandatory.

> In general the actually existing surveillance of mobile phones that were in a certain area at a certain time is much more worrisome to me.

Integration of government ID with our smart phones is literally the next step:

https://learn.wallet.apple/id#states-list

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Re:BundesMessenger is a milestone in Germany’s ground-breaki... by arrrg on Friday December 16, 2022 @04:39PM (#34020814)
If you want to argue for a slippery slope you actually have to argue for causal connecting links. You have to demonstrate how you get from A to B. That why slippery slopes are usually logical fallacies. They do not demonstrate anything. It‘s just empty handwaving.
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