Mina 👽💜 on Nostr: One of the first measures the #Nazis under #Hitler did was a population count. #IBM ...

One of the first measures the #Nazis under #Hitler did was a population count.

#IBM founder Thomas J. Watson Jr. built the machines they used to categorise the German population and also to run the concentration camps. He received a personal medal of honour from Hitler for this, which he only returned after the United States entered WWII.

This is why Germans love data protection laws.

#privacy #security #anonymity #dataprotection #germany