Enforced digitalization will deprive people of privacy and independence, but business profits and government control are more important.
Wissing says it openly for the first time: Everyone should be forced into the digital world and deprived of their privacy
By Norbert Häring: Until now, it could only be seen in their actions, but now Transport and Digital Minister Volker Wissing (FDP) has spoken out. The government is relying on digital compulsion, wants to put data protection and privacy aside and take away citizens’ options to switch to non-digital offers. “Digital first” is to become “digital only”, the declared goal: more data for digital companies. The fact that Berlin is pushing this forward so ruthlessly has a geostrategic background. By Norbert Häring
. It is a measure of the deterioration of our society that a minister can openly say something that sounds so exaggerated and pointed without being swept away by a storm of indignation. According to a press release from his ministry, Wissing said on the occasion of the publication of the ” 2nd progress report on the federal government’s digital strategy ” on October 18th :
“Millions of citizens are using new digital services such as the Deutschlandticket, Bund-ID or e-prescription. It is time to turn the digital strategy into a ‘digital-only’ strategy. We must consistently dismantle analog parallel structures and rely on completely digital processes. This is not only more efficient and saves costs, but also improves data availability. Only if we become a fully digital country can we develop Germany into a leading AI location and strengthen our position in international competition.”