Chat Control: Incompatible with Fundamental Rights (2022)

Brexit looking good right now.

Britain is already terrible when it comes to matters of privacy and/or encryption

Yep - or world leading depending on which side of the fence you sit :-)

This is from 1981.....

https://www.duncancampbell.org/content/big-brother-listening...

You must not have a great eyesight then.

They are just lazy and occupied with other means of pretend right now, that's the only reason they did not pull a more drastic version of this just yet. It will come eventually.

One reason behind Brexit was that there were EU privacy laws in place that prevented UK citizens' data to be sold or exported to US based companies, like NHS data [0] https://www.theguardian.com/society/2019/dec/08/nhs-gives-am... or https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/uk-us-data-bridge....

Also with protecting the internal market; the UK is interested in importing US produce like chlorinated eggs and chickens, but EU laws said nu uh: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/25/business/chlorinated-chic...