German cabinet approves bill to expand DNA analysis:
... DNA analyses of individuals may in future also be stored if they have committed only minor offenses such as property damage or trespassing, or if it is expected that they will commit such offenses in the future. Furthermore, investigators will be granted the right to order DNA analyses in an expedited procedure without a judge having to approve them.
You participate in a demo that someone doesn't like? No problem, your data will be recorded and filed. Trespassing at a demo can happen quickly, property damage can be quickly attributed to you, and if you don't need to ask a judge, you can also move much faster. And so, a small and fine DNA database of all those unpleasant subjects will quickly be collected that a state really doesn't need - namely people who engage publicly and speak up.
What, civil rights are left behind in the process? Forget it, it doesn't interest Otto Orwell nor the combined incompetence in the Ministry of Justice.
Oh, and who believes that I am only paranoid, here is the case example cited by the Ministry of Justice:
A has been convicted because he repeatedly scratched the paint of motor vehicles with a screwdriver. The prognosis is that corresponding criminal offenses are also to be expected from him in the future.
Yes, you are a wheelchair user and you are upset about the idiotically parked drivers and have scratched the paint of one? Hey, you are still in a wheelchair and we simply assume that you will continue to get upset about the idiotic drivers - so off to the DNA file with the murderers, terrorists, and sex offenders. After all, you are at least as threatening to society as they are.
What kind of shit is this red/green puppet theater in Berlin getting us into. It is absolutely unbelievable.
And if you think it would be better with the Union:
... on the other hand, the proposed amendment to the DNA analysis by the CDU is by no means sufficient. "The bill is a step in the right direction. It is too short," said the deputy chairman of the Union faction, Wolfgang Bosbach. The Union will further tighten the existing legal situation in the event of an election victory, explained the interior and legal politician. There is no right for offenders to remain anonymous.
Who spontaneously thinks of recording every striking worker there is probably on the right track according to their idea ...
And all this from people who, under the guise of neo-liberalism, have written a reduction of the state to its core functions on their banner - and see surveillance, exploitation, and harassment of citizens as core functions.
We are moving straight towards something that can no longer be associated with a democratic society and a rule of law.
I've now patched the image upload code over at hugoesk.de to generate the necessary data for Enclosures. This way, Newsreaders that support Enclosures not only get the preview image but also the original image (usually 1800x1200 pixels - suitable for enlargements up to 10x15cm). For Newsreaders that don't support Enclosures, everything remains the same. Let's see what iTunes will do with this - it should also be able to handle artwork. Although this is probably intended for covers of MP3 Enclosures - possibly the images won't automatically end up in iPhoto (where they belong) but in iTunes as covers for non-existent albums ...
I think I really need to go to Berlin urgently: "Brücke"-Exhibition at the Neue Nationalgalerie.
The exhibition "Brücke and Berlin - 100 Years of Expressionism" brings together 500 paintings, prints, and sculptures, featuring key works by Emil Nolde, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Karl Schmidt-Rottluff, and Erich Heckel from the collections of the "Brücke" Museum Berlin, the Berlin Kupferstichkabinett, and the Nationalgalerie.
Hula Girl - Dashboard - Music - finally we know what this strange dashboard is for
At Heise: .net Registry: And the winner is ... VeriSign!. Yes, exactly the company that made itself so popular with the wildcard A-record on .com and .net and that has repeatedly distinguished itself by not adhering to agreements and forging ahead before ICANN or other central bodies had even created a basis for it (for example, with international domains) and thereby repeatedly caused problems, exactly the company that is not interested in more democratic regulation of the Internet and is anyway only on a monopoly course, exactly that company receives the contract from ICANN. No surprise - the competitors were not American companies and how ICANN stands towards non-American initiatives (and possible greater involvement of Internet users) has been seen in the dismantling of the regionally elected representatives.
According to Heise: cryptovision secures Bundeswehr emails - one reason was that their plugin works with Outlook and Notes. Hello? They want to encrypt confidential and restricted information via a crypto plugin, but then use Outlook? They might as well save the encryption, the next worm will send the contents of the inbox all over the world anyway ...
Training Pact: 175,000 Apprenticeships Missing - and will consequences be drawn? No. No training levy. No pressure on companies - instead more soft talk and nonsense. And the economy's whining that they can't get qualified workers - where should they come from if no training is provided? But thanks to the social democratic government, nothing will change about this either.
