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{{More footnotes, date=January 2020 The founder of Stop1984 started the project in 2001 as NGO which is documented in the community o
Heise.de
(German link). The project was discontinued in early 2008.
Computer scientists disbelieve in lawfulness of the German decree of telecommunication control
(German link)


Objectives of Stop1984

Stop1984 mostly tries to alert people with its website on: * the value of the own
privacy Privacy (, ) is the ability of an individual or group to seclude themselves or information about themselves, and thereby express themselves selectively. The domain of privacy partially overlaps with security, which can include the concepts of a ...
* the value of the own data * the risks of data abuse * the consequences of the loss of
privacy Privacy (, ) is the ability of an individual or group to seclude themselves or information about themselves, and thereby express themselves selectively. The domain of privacy partially overlaps with security, which can include the concepts of a ...
* the political, social and individual consequences of increasing
surveillance Surveillance is the monitoring of behavior, many activities, or information for the purpose of information gathering, influencing, managing or directing. This can include observation from a distance by means of electronic equipment, such as c ...
* the dangers of political disinterest The political objectives are: * publishing formerly unpublished numbers regarding the success oder failure of
surveillance Surveillance is the monitoring of behavior, many activities, or information for the purpose of information gathering, influencing, managing or directing. This can include observation from a distance by means of electronic equipment, such as c ...
* that data privacy and the right of informational self-determination find a place in the Basic Constitutional Law in Germany and in European Law Of course, this objectives can only be achieved by interested and committed people.


Supporters of Stop1984

Supporter of Stop1984 are: * Richard Stallman * Brad Templeton * Jacob Levich * Wolf-Dieter Roth * German Union for Privacy (http://www.datenschutzverein.de/ Website, German link)


Activities of Stop1984

Every month Stop1984 published a magazine in German that could be downloaded, "Lasst mich in Ruhe" (Don't bother me). The satirical story about the German state with the titl
"Henry läuft" (Henry runs)
(archived version) was published there as well. Stop1984 also signed
statement
(archived) of Privacy International. Every day, Stop1984 sent a German summary of news regarding
privacy Privacy (, ) is the ability of an individual or group to seclude themselves or information about themselves, and thereby express themselves selectively. The domain of privacy partially overlaps with security, which can include the concepts of a ...
, data privacy,
press freedom Freedom of the press or freedom of the media is the fundamental principle that communication and expression through various media, including printed and electronic media, especially published materials, should be considered a right to be exerci ...
and similar via email to its subscribers.


See also

* TCPA * Chaos Computer Club *
ACLU The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is a nonprofit organization founded in 1920 "to defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties guaranteed to every person in this country by the Constitution and laws of the United States". T ...


External links


217.172.182.26 - Reconstructed website of STOP1984 as of January 2007
by Corvus Corax (ex-webmaster) Internet governance advocacy groups Political organisations based in Germany