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5G: This is how we lose our privacy

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In an advertising film by Vodafone, the new 5G mobile
technology is touted as a great experience for everyone, with

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the enticing prospect that it will make life much easier.

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The 5G network would enable the best possible medical care
for all, such as remote operations by robots in real time.

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Automatically controlled cars should warn themselves of dangers.

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From currently seven billion end devices - mostly smartphones

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the so-called Internet of Things is now
expected to increase to up to 500 billion devices

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such as refrigerators, trash cans, diapers, etc,

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which are all networked together. Ultra-short transmission times
of around 1 millisecond are planned so that

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future applications and systems can communicate
and react with each other in near real time.

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With 5G, George Orwell's novel 1984 will become a
reality and our privacy will be a thing of the past.

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5G is the basis for the complete control and monitoring of
every human being, because the networked servers and devices

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will obtain a comprehensive picture of each and every one of us.

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Politicians and the media often argue that
the industry absolutely needs 5G technology.

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However, not insignificant disadvantages are ignored.

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One example: for industry, trade and commerce, global networking
through 5G means that every production line, every robot, every

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computer with customer data and secret patents can be accessed
from anywhere in the world thanks to the networking of all data.

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The risk of hacker attacks - and
thus losing control of data - is high.

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The example of Shanghai shows how 5G technology
outshines even George Orwell's Big Brother vision.

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All streets and squares there are already monitored by cameras.

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Thanks to seamless camera surveillance, traffic
offenders are immediately pilloried in public on large screens.

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However, 5G technology has even more far-reaching consequences.

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Huge amounts of data are collected and
stored for the government to access.

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This data is used to create a complete profile of the citizens.

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A social credit system was introduced in China in 2018, in which
every Chinese person is awarded social points

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according to their online, social,
financial and legal behavior and treated accordingly.

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This ranking, or categorization,
classifies people into good and bad citizens.

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Since a poor ranking leads to massive restrictions, an atmosphere
of fear is created in order not to be guilty of anything.

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10 million Chinese are already on a blacklist.

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As a result, they have no access to flights or high-speed
trains, are not allowed to book a hotel or buy an apartment.

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They also do not receive loans and cannot set up a company.

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Your freedom is therefore massively restricted.

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Conclusion: 5G - the Internet of Things - has no really serious
advantages for us, and these only come at the

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price of even greater disadvantages, namely total
control over our privacy and personal development.