It's always either "Think of the children!" or "X will only be used to investigate the most serious of crimes like terrorism, rape and murder" which shortly aft

It's always either "Think of the children!" or "X will only be used to investigate the most serious of crimes like terrorism, rape and murder" which shortly afterwards is then (quietly) forgotten about when something like browsing history etc. can be downloaded by basically anyone in government(s). Maybe there is a restriction snort where such an action requires a warrant but considering that "judges" and "courts" for that (like that infamous US secret court, seriously WTAF) are basically rubber-stamping enthusiasts, it's not actually a restriction and just compromises end user privacy and (online) information security. "Backdooring E2E encryption"/"Private key escrow" are some other examples of unrealistic and ultimately harmful things called for by technologically inept, old people who inexplicably have been granted the power to devise laws that will most likely only show their full effects years or decades down the line when most of those legislators are either already dead or don't have to worry about the consequences of such legislation anyway ("I don't even use a computer, what do I care? The internet is just full of criminals anyway." quote from my 80-something grandmother). In German there is a nice idiom for that kind of thought pattern: "Nach mir die Sintflut" (something like "After me, the flood/deluge" from what I could find). At the same time these old people and their accomplices - indoctrinated middle-aged people - try to stem the flow of young people into politics if their ideologies do not align with the elderly agenda by e.g. accusing them of trying to oppose the protection of children or something equally effective in the mass media (via the excuses mentioned above). It's all just so fucked up...