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The Captain
Der Hauptmann
2018 · Film · 118 min
Directed by Robert Schwentke
Germany, 1945. Soldier Willi Herold, a deserter of the German army, stumbles into a uniform of a Nazi captain abandoned during the last and desperate weeks of the Third Reich. Newly emboldened by the allure of a suit that he has stolen only to stay warm, Willi discovers that many Germans will follow the leader, whoever he is.
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> I'd have hoped this kind of thing would have been driven by sensible legislation across the entire industry
Recently I watched the movie "The Captain", where a private in the military finds an officer's uniform and uses it to fraudulently assert authority. (It's a true story)
He meets all kinds of people, and all kinds of thing happen that shouldn't happen. It's obvious that some of the people he meets doubt his authenticity but "go with it" because his actions are aligned with their self-interests.
I took away from this one thing: it's easier for people to just "go with it" than stand up and say no. And moreso when you profit from it.
That's what I think is behind the whole privacy thing.
That said, I hope a privacy market opportunity attracts the attention of some unconflicted players.