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Picture of an ID card on a smartphone, which lays on top of a passport.
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Julia Witte
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EU initiative

Digitalising travel documents

The EU Commission wants to store ID data on smartphones in the future and introduce contactless border controls with biometrics. This could affect all travelers in the future. We intervene.
A person can be seen on the screen of a video camera. They are standing in front of a protest banner, armed with a megaphone.
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cven
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StopScanningMe

Protest against chat control

We protested against the EU Commission's mass surveillance plans with the German alliance "ChatkontrolleSTOPPEN!" at the Interior Ministers' Conference in Berlin.
Rena Tangens mit einem Demo-Schild: „Macht der Digitalkonzerne brechen!“
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Stefanie Loos
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History, Struggles, Stories

40 Years of German Privacy Movement

Why is there such a great awareness for data protection in Germany? What are the reasons for this? And why do we – as Digitalcourage – stand up for privacy? Rena Tangens about her personal motivation and the history of the privacy…
Ein Kind sitzt auf einer Treppe und hält sich die Hände vor das Gesicht (schwarz/weiß).
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Modern myth

Nothing to hide?

Anyone who is concerned with surveillance will hear this statement over and over again. Though dangerous and false, it is very persistent. And we are fed up with it. Ten points against the notion that you have “nothing to hide”…
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