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Berlin Approves New Expansion of Police Surveillance Powers

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157 points robtherobber | 1 comments | 12 Dec 25 15:29 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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lysace ◴[12 Dec 25 16:13 UTC] No.46245508[source]▶
Fighting extremist terrorism requires tough measures. This one is a bit extra though:

> If the software cannot be deployed remotely, the law authorizes officers to secretly enter a person’s home to gain access.

Clear Das Leben der Anderen vibes. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lives_of_Others)

However: As usual, the devil is in the details. How much suspicion is required, what's the process, etc. (I assume that a judge needs to sign off.)

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nabnob ◴[12 Dec 25 16:29 UTC] No.46245695[source]▶
What are you calling "extremist terrorism"?
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lysace ◴[12 Dec 25 16:32 UTC] No.46245726[source]▶
E.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016_Berlin_truck_attack (13+1 deaths, 56 injured)
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josefritzishere ◴[12 Dec 25 16:36 UTC] No.46245755[source]▶
That was almost 10 years ago. That does not an existential threat make.
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sapientiae3 ◴[12 Dec 25 16:47 UTC] No.46245882{3}[source]▶
The interesting thing is that the laws being created to protect against such extreme attacks will be used against the people when they are controlled by an extreme group.
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1. add-sub-mul-div ◴[12 Dec 25 17:30 UTC] No.46246374{4}[source]▶
And, to put it more explicitly, against the people who were manipulated into fearing the "extremist" threat in the first place.