I'm really curious as to what technological progress this argument is supposed to refer to. You could build a great system surveilling the masses using cluster

I'm really curious as to what technological progress this argument is supposed to refer to. You could build a great system surveilling the masses using cluster and image processing tech we had 15 years ago, what's changed is mostly throwing more hardware and money at something. Research seems to be specifically excluded. The EU job market wont go under because a few legitimate use cases might have to adapt, while blatant privacy violations can be put on hold until more complex legislation can be worked out.