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I thought voluntary scanning was already on the books (this is what I gathered from the article)? What makes this version different?
I for one will be going back to written letters for all further correspondence.
Wonder if my postman is reading my letters though as well?
That‘s funny because Denmark ended physical letter mail this year too. They are locked in when it comes to building a dystopian surveillance state.
That's not true
Weeelll... back in the "good old days" of the GDR there was even machinery for unnoticeable opening and resealing envelopes to spy on the population...