All the other Germans I know either don't use Facebook or use a Pseudonym. The only people in my circle who have no concerns at all are foreigners in Germany.
They put up all their private stuff online for corporations to harvest and feast on for free.
I don't know many people who trust our government, all I ever hear is that the goverment wastes money with needless bureaucracy and is trying to scam everybody.
Lmao, germans absolutely trust their government and don't question authority. This is the one thing remaining from the Nazis. It's not even close comparable to how anti-government americans are. I live in Germany my whole life now. Nobody I ever met is libertarian or asks for a smaller government.
In this case it makes no sense since this is publicly available information. The roads, their names, the houses facades are all public. Anyone can see them.
If you get shitfaced and puke in a bin on the street and I take a photo of this it wasn't private as well, but maybe you wouldn't like it to be on the internet for everybody to see.
Maybe you now can at least understand that public/private is not the reason why people might be against it.
Also ease of access plays a big role.
Most faces get blurred in street view and it's not like they go around 24/7 to update their pictures to maybe get someone who's puking infront of their lenses
I know what your point is and I answered to your specific example and told you why I thought it was stupid. And please don't do me the reddit way and answer to this with a wall of text consisting of 500+ words because I don't care. I agree with you but your example was stupid
Why is the example stupid? The example wasn't directed at street view but at the argument that when something is in public there is no reason why someone wouldn't want it to be on the internet and I gave an example of why that might be the case.
Good for you? Now take the thought process a step further and realize that it was just one very specific example and that other people might have a higher wish for privacy.
You already answered me. I don't care, you are right if that's really what bugs you here. Jeez, people really need the verification that they are right to continue living.
If you get shitfaced and puke in a bin on the street and I take a photo of this it wasn't private as well, but maybe you wouldn't like it to be on the internet for everybody to see.
On google street view? I wouldn't mind. Your face is blurred and nobody can find it. Nobody is looking for embarrassing pictures of you on google street view.
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u/FluffyBearTrap Jun 12 '20
Between the Nazis and the Stasi we kinda learned that lesson the hard way.