He should just use the USA / Israel playbook.

Pretend they’re all “enemy combatants” or pretend that they’re all secret terrorists or whatever, so it’s okay. Right?

You’re right.

That would be nice, but outside of major cities, I can’t see that happening.

I may just have to start wearing a hoodie and mask everywhere. I really, really don’t like the idea of these glasses.

It depends on the country, I suppose.

I don’t know enough about German politics to be able to place blame on anyone. I just know from observing US and UK politics that there is always a percentage of people who vote fascist thinking that it won’t adversely affect their own lives personally.

Is there anything whatsoever a privacy-minded person can do about something like this, in terms of personal protection?

I suspect there will be many, many ‘I didn’t think they’d do this to ME’ posts coming from German people in the coming months.

Can someone EL5 me on how this is different from our data being stolen under the Patriot Act for the last two decades?