A Moment of Silence #Foremembrance Today at 19:06 CET, 2:06 pm EDT, 11:06 am PDT, and Saturday at 2:06am in Hong Kong & Taipei

Wherever you are in the world today, I hope that will join me in a moment
of silence today (Friday) at 19:06 CET (sunset in Amsterdam 2:06 pm EDT,
11:06 am PDT, and Saturday at 2:06 am in Hong Kong & Taipei) as a
#Foremembrance to salute those who in the risked their lives or died to
prevent centralized data and identity records from being used against those
who are defenseless, and to #Foremember those on the front lines today in
defending them in places like Xinjiang, Burma, Hong Kong, Turkey, and even
immigrants in my own United States.

Today is the 77th Anniversary of the attempt by The Resistance to bomb the
Dutch Civil Archives. Centralized data in the hands of the Nazis resulted
in 75% of Dutch Jews dying! France only 23%. Twelve men were executed for
attempting this bombing in WWII.

Why did so many Jews, gays & other Nazi undesirables die from the
Netherlands? Because the Dutch Civil Service was one of the best in the
world, serving its citizens well during the Great Depression. But 75% of
its Jews died later due to this efficiency.

But why is this relevant today? Governments are taking legitimate emergency
measures to track & manage #COVID19. One of the best tools is the GPS in
our cell phones and tracking in cell towers. We need to balance these kinds
of legitimate public needs vs. risks of loss of human rights in the future.
The risks of a future McCarthy or worse is too great. We can solve these
#LocationPrivacy problems!

I will be holding my moment of silence in a live virtual meeting at
https://ssimeetup.org/how-avoid-another-identity-tragedy-with-ssi-christopher-allen-webinar-53/
and
I will be sharing these slides
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1lO6vik7UkXQEhAWtVsaF3Bn_KUAUhZsTflTPjeF3aSw
as well holding a discussion after.

But if you can't join us, stop what you are doing for 1 minute and remember
the lessons of the past and help those today remember these lessons forward.

Thank you.

— Christopher Allen