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This incredibly disturbing. I grew up with family members telling me horror stories about state abuse like this, from more than 30 years past in a country that doesn't exist anymore: The German Democratic Republic. If this isn't classic Stasi Zersetzungstaktik, I don't know what it is. Aren't there any laws against abuse like this? How the hell is this legal?

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I'm glad you've pointed this out. Comparisons to GDR and the Stasi often get ridiculed for being excessive and hyperbolic when in fact what's currently implemented would've been the Stasi's dream.

If anyone needs a good weekend movie recommendation, Das Leben der Anderen[1] is excellent and quite relevant.

1: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lives_of_Others

An excellent movie, highly recommend.

I am citing that movie whenever we argue privacy with my uninterested friends (eastern european too).

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