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Or Rammstein's "Achtung, computer code of Deutsche Bank!"

That is very prescient of them! I now hold them in even higher regard.

Prescient? It was already true back then.

Maybe the not exactly right word. They had, back then too.

Maybe it's just that we are soooo deep down shit creek with no paddle now, that it's easy to forget that you could already tell clear signs of "big data vs the citizen" back in the 1970s if you just looked around you.

The rest I understand but why Flensburg?

The Federal Kraftfahrt Amt is in Flensburg. This is where the records are kept for drivers who get points.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Point_system_(driving)#Germany

Thanks!