I don't want to be overly inflammatory but the core issue here is that Europe very badly wants to be a technocratic police state. Free speech is a joke in Euro

I don't want to be overly inflammatory but the core issue here is that Europe very badly wants to be a technocratic police state. Free speech is a joke in Europe (despite loud denials from Europeans who insist free speech exists in Europe and the restrictions are /necessary/ in the war against misinformation). The right to protest is slowly getting strangled. How are Europeans OK with protests requiring /permission/ from the police? Government transparency? Zero to none. You'll get stonewalled or ignored when you ask for information. Don't be so difficult. Just believe the government has the /best intentions/. Surveillance cameras on every street corner. No store accepts cash money anymore. Your car and phone track and store your every move. This crackdown on encryption is just another domino about to fall.