Berlin’s regional government has approved a sweeping expansion of police surveillance powers, granting authorities new abilities to hack personal devices, spy on encrypted communications, activate body cameras inside private homes, and deploy biometrics for facial and voice recognition. Under the revised ASOG security law, police may now secretly install state trojans on computers and smartphones—even authorizing covert entry into homes if remote access fails. Lawmakers also expanded cell tower data sweeps, automatic license plate recognition, and the use of real citizen data to train artificial intelligence systems. Critics warn this law dismantles long-standing privacy protections and transforms everyday life into a monitored environment.

From a biblical perspective, this acceleration toward total surveillance reflects a growing global pattern of control infrastructure taking shape before a declared global crisis demands its full activation. Scripture warns of systems that will one day regulate buying, selling, and movement itself (Revelation 13:16–17). While security is the public justification, history shows that emergency powers rarely retreat once normalized. Berlin’s new law fuses digital espionage, biometric identification, and AI analysis under one framework—another reminder that the scaffolding of centralized control continues to rise across nations with increasing speed.

SOURCE: Reclaim the Net