I have objected. For myself, my wife and also for our daughters. I smelled the rat months ago: The “advantages” of the electronic patient file ("ePA" in German), which was driven through the health insurance village like the new proverbial pig, were so obvious!

The troublemaker FDP in the so-called German “traffic light government” is gone, and SPD Interior Minister Nancy Faeser wants to take advantage of this opportunity and is going straight back into the thick of things when it comes to “data retention”.

While most of us have free access to the Internet and its services, certain states and authorities still practice censorship. Recently…