The problem, of course, is that the government can never be trusted to keep within the boundaries they claim they'll set. Metadata retention went through in Aus

The problem, of course, is that the government can never be trusted to keep within the boundaries they claim they'll set. Metadata retention went through in Australia and the meat inspectors wanted access to it; surveillance in the UK was used to spy on people who left their rubbish bins out; at the height of the pandemic, contact-tracing data (which was promised hand-on-heart to be for public health only) was used by the police for unrelated crimes.