Privacy

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.sdf.org/post/30517126

[...]

The start of a new government in Germany is accompanied by a turnaround in transatlantic relations and an unprecedented anti-democratic takeover of power by tech broligarchs in the United States. "Therefore, mass surveillance by tech companies is even more of a political issue than before, which a new government cannot ignore," the CCC writes on its site.

[...]

The CCC demands:

• A ban on biometric mass surveillance of public spaces and the untargeted biometric analysis of the Internet. In particular, any form of database that analyses images, videos, and audio files from the Internet for biometric characteristics in an untargeted manner will actively be dismantled. The corresponding powers of the Federal Office for Migration and Refugees will be revoked.
• Mass data retention without occasion will be rejected. Instead, more effective and rights-preserving law enforcement measures, such as the so-called ‘quick-freeze’-procedure and the ‘login trap’, should be pursued.
• Automated data analysis of information held by law enforcement agencies and any form of predictive policing or automated profiling of people are rejected. Cooperation between German and US intelligence services will be restricted, and any kind of automated mass exchange of content or metadata will be prevented.
• The full evaluation of surveillance programmes (‘Überwachungsgesamtrechnung’) will be published, continuously updated and legislation will adjust the scope of state surveillance powers accordingly.

[...]

[Edit title for clarity.]