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Paper is the new privacy measure. (discuss.online)
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[–] ViatorOmnium@piefed.social 131 points 3 months ago (1 children)

During Gestapo and Stasi times most informants did their best to remain anonymous because no one likes snitches. Openly following someone and bragging about it is sociopathic even by nazi and Stalinist standards.

[–] Slotos@feddit.nl 79 points 3 months ago

Oh, they just didn’t realize that they are easy targets themselves. Early days are always like this.