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by lm28469 390 days ago
Religious registries were a harmless little census thing in Germany... well until 1933 at least. Once the system is in place and the data collected you need very strong institutions to protect the people

The 23 and me fuck up is also a good example, data is forever, laws and morales are very temporary

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They still log religion BTW, it's not really uncommon world wide.