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[–] Quacksalber@sh.itjust.works 77 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Make no mistake, Germany isn't opposing this out of a principled stance. The German government too wants more ways to control people's activity.

[–] h4lf8yte@lemmy.ml 35 points 5 months ago (1 children)
[–] myself@lemmy.ml 4 points 5 months ago (1 children)

The IMK is not the national government

[–] h4lf8yte@lemmy.ml 8 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Meanwhile, Federal Minister of the Interior Nancy Faeser (SPD) is fighting for the storage of IP addresses and port numbers without cause

[–] geissi@feddit.de 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Tbf, one minister's opinion is not necessarily the opinion of the government as a whole.
Unless it's Lindner apparently.

[–] h4lf8yte@lemmy.ml 1 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

That's true, but it's not just one minister's opinion. It's the Federal Minister of the Interior who is directly responsible for public security, under which the data retention debate falls. And regarding the chatcontrol debate, it's precisely this minister who represents Germany in the Council of the European Union, which is trying to find a common position on chatcontrol.