Most of this privacy fetish is purely performative though. The Schufa is a dystopian data collector with information on every German and despite a token focus on data privacy politicians pass more and more surveillance laws like using Palantir for the police and crackdowns on free speech and protesting in general.

Alles gute zum verlassen des Schrankes. Auf dass alle deine Bekannten dich in deiner wahren Identität unterstützen.