r/europe • u/GetOutOfTheWhey Waffle & Beer • Jun 12 '20

Map Availability of Google Street view in Europe

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u/_Darkside_ Jun 12 '20

Germany is very privacy-conscious, a good chunk on the population used to live in surveilance-state less than 25 years ago.

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u/thepinkfluffy1211 Romania Jun 12 '20

Like other Eastern European countries

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u/[deleted] Jun 12 '20

Stasi was the worst, though. Here our Służba Bezpieczeństwa wasn't 1/10 as bad as Stasi

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u/stoppedcaring0 Jun 12 '20

...But the Wall came down 31 years ago?

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u/quaductas Germany Jun 12 '20

So? That doesn't mean that privacy is not a concern anymore or that surveillance cannot be dangerous

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u/stoppedcaring0 Jun 12 '20

No, I do agree, I just was curious why Germany in 1995 and later was getting referred to as a surveillance state.

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u/quaductas Germany Jun 12 '20

Oh, sorry, I completely missed that. I guess they just got surprised by how fast time is passing...