• UNY0N@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    Germans value privacy to a degree that seems extreme to others. Google maps had a really hard time getting started there, for example. And cash is still widely used because it cannot be traced like card transactions.

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      2 months ago

      This has nothing to do with privacy. Street polls do very much exist in Germany.

    • celeste@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      2 months ago

      Just because it may seem extreme to others doesn’t mean we’re wrong though! And also doesn’t mean it should be that much harder to gather data like this.

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        2 months ago

        Agreed. Personal privacy is important, everyone should be able to decide for themselves what they want to have public/private.