Re: 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

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> On Mar 27, 2020, at 9:25 AM, Christopher Allen <ChristopherA@lifewithalacrity.com> wrote:
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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!
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> 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/ <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 <https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1lO6vik7UkXQEhAWtVsaF3Bn_KUAUhZsTflTPjeF3aSw> as well holding a discussion after.
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> 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.
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> Thank you.
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> — Christopher Allen