> and it sickens me to see that my privacy depends on countries and electorates on which I have no say The problem isn't "foreign rule". The Swiss, famously i

> and it sickens me to see that my privacy depends on countries and electorates on which I have no say The problem isn't "foreign rule". The Swiss, famously independent, have one of the worst surveillance laws. Doesn't chat control require unanimity in the EU council? If yes, if it happens, it will be because of 'your own' politicians. Also, the EU parliament votes on this, and small countries have more power than large ones there, more votes per citizen Lots of these laws are being independently adopted all around the world. I will believe this is a foreign rule issue once you can show me one democratic country that consistently opposes internet surveillance and defends privacy and rejects 4-horseman based bogeyman politics. And where big countries pressure it to change that. All countries are susceptible to this brand of demagoguery. I will grant that the size of the EU enables it to pass surveillance laws that would otherwise not happen - any single EU member state would not be able to suggest change to global law the way the EU can. But then theres China, the US.