It is incredibly rich for governments to regulate what can be done with data citizen willingly give up in the name of "protecting privacy". Yet they can monitor

It is incredibly rich for governments to regulate what can be done with data citizen willingly give up in the name of "protecting privacy". Yet they can monitor our Internet and phone activity without consequence. It is so disheartening watching the EU ruin the Internet. First the effect GDPR was to litter the web with PITA popups and now they want to tell people what to do with their data. The EU cannot collapse soon enough. The weight of the bureaucracy will be their downfall.