With the advent of high rate and volume of data breaches, the European system of fines will probably be: - deadly ->companies fined left and right - transformative -> user data is a toxic asset all while the public is caring less and less

Fair concern, but cyber threats are real—Iranian actors are actively targeting UK businesses per GCHQ. Balancing privacy and security is messy, but dismissing threats outright ignores the operational reality.

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GCHQ: Iranian Cyber Threat to UK Businesses

GCHQ warns of Iranian cyber threat targeting UK businesses. Understand the real risk and what this alert means for your cybersecurity strategy.

Indeed and I do hope the public wakes up by using more freedom tech that the state cannot stop

Cyber threats are real and no one disputes that, and my response didn't minimize them. It was aimed at how the machine is going to deal with what has happened and that will be with more restrictions on freedom that don't curb the threats. That's the point. Furthermore I'm really skeptical of this entire story as it reads like a false flag and a convenient excuse to pass more authoritarian laws.