[balabaster]

Agreed.

I liken it to the census in Germany prior to World War II which asked religion, people gave it thinking they were doing nothing wrong. 1939 came around and it was used as a register for genocide.

"Oh that would never happen today..."

https://www.businessinsider.nl/genocides-still-going-on-toda...

It's still happening. Anything you say or do no matter how trivial or meaningless could become a vehicle for your annihilation sometime in the future. Those that don't care about their privacy because they have nothing to hide, clearly haven't given enough thought to the repercussions of loss of privacy.

[voakbasda]

This. A thousand times this. Unfortunately very few seem to believe that this scenario is possible, even after pointing out that’s exactly how the Nazis operated. The response is almost always a variation of “It will never happen here.” At which point, I lose a little more hope for the future of humanity.

[tpxl]

> I liken it to the census in Germany prior to World War II which asked religion, people gave it thinking they were doing nothing wrong. 1939 came around and it was used as a register for genocide.

Do you have a source for this? I remember reading about similar things, but I can't for the life of me remember the sources to give to others.

[schrijver]

See also https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1943_bombing_of_the_Amsterdam_...

[soco]

An interesting Wikipedia read: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_and_the_Holocaust

[balabaster]

Interesting in this instance is also somewhat sickening.