FYI: Nothing has been decided yet. This is all about Plans that (some) EU institutions want to pass, European Parliament still needs to aprove etc. Digital Omnibus and the ammended Chat Control

However, citizens and privacyrights organisations are rightly so, very concerned, like Patrick Breyer

And the context has become more relevant and trending, due to the recent japan china diplomatic row considering Taiwan.

So what’s clear to you about it?

…And they want to misdirect, distract, sow divisions within allies and stall for time to consolidate their position.

Holy crap… the disregard.

Authoritarian creep is a danger to all western democracies.

Exactly… A danger to people in general. Never came across people who lived under a dictatorship who felt free, happy or without having lost friends & family to the regime.

Sometimes there are apologists though, but that’s a imo a trauma induced coping strategy or they were collaborating (often under some life or death threat).

"These measures have become almost standard,” said Jan Brouwer, law professor at the University of Groningen. “For longer periods, anyone walking in these areas can be searched, even someone taking their dog for a walk.”

Imagine going for a regular stroll and suddenly you need to show your ID and are frisked (sometimes followed). It’s not a nice experience, and you can write off your relaxing walk.

Well, for some (secure) areas it does make more sense, like with airports & drone incidents etc.