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You should read the title as “Germany bans smart children” There is the same ban in Russia. Where can I find full list of countries with such idiotic bans? What about UK or USA? As mentioned above this ban can’t stop people with bad-will but make the problems for all the other people for their taxes. I can’t understand how a reasonable man can support such ban.

What is the penalty for using banned smartdevices in Germany?

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Penalty up to 25k EUR from the BundesNetzAgentur, up to 2 years jail, or up to 1 year if just by neglect. Also it is just that these devices classify as spy-bugs aka covert listening devices, which are for good reason illegal to posess. Also, you really want to get rid of the thing.

Thank you. There is no good reason to ban progressive devices that can record true information unless you want to protect cheaters or you want to gain from post-truth reality or you want to teach children to lie/to be irresponsible or you are threatened with progress and want to revert everything back. It doesn’t work in long term.

“Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety.” Franklin

The last two times we systematically recorded true information in Germany didn't turn out too well.

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