People certainly made a fuss about the face recognition trial in the train station.
But we Germans seem to be irrationally against data collection by companies compared to government data collection. Google street view was another case that made this apparent.
Exactly my point, personally i am much more worried about government surveillance, my point was that facebook is an optional thing and very little people really need it (places where facebook is internet) as compared to real environment around you in which you live.
And to me that is really surprising, GDPR allow government almost free hands when it comes to data collection, which for me is the scary part.
i might be going around this the long way but english is not my strong side.
The requirement to use facebook is not a legal one, but a social one defined by friends and family members who insist on using it (a.k.a. the networking effect).
In theory, governments can define and implement draconian checks on how collected data is processed by itself. People seem to trust that theoretical ability more than companies claiming to implement rigorous standards, but can do so without direct outside oversight or control. This is independent of whether it is actually true.
But we Germans seem to be irrationally against data collection by companies compared to government data collection. Google street view was another case that made this apparent.