> Is there something about the EU that would prevent government spying? Presumably you mean laws and treaties; those exist. But I wouldn't expect government sp

> Is there something about the EU that would prevent government spying? Presumably you mean laws and treaties; those exist. But I wouldn't expect government spies to pay excessive attention to the law. The problem is the clauses about requiring distributors to get state clearance before deploying an update [ahem - nooo, that disables our backdoor], and increased costs and obligations on ISPs. Thwy won't ever try to enforce the law against the spooks, but for big tech companies, it's just regulatory clutter. They have staff lawyers out the wazoo, all specializing in regulatory clutter. Not good for small ISPs and tech companies.