ID requirement to halt freedom of information in Germany

(heise.de)

33 points | by doener a day ago ago

3 comments

  • mdp2021 20 hours ago ago

    The title is very misleading: it is about, apparently (the article could be much clearer), a mandate to identify oneself when «request[ing] official information from federal authorities».

  • xg15 a day ago ago

    > The Interior Ministry justifies the initiative with hybrid threat scenarios and relieving the administration.

    One of the "benefits" of wartime is that it becomes publicly acceptable for a government to paint its own citizens as a threat.

  • Cider9986 a day ago ago

    Subscribe or be tracked, install DRM.

    https://archive.ph/HOliF