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>>pbrw+(OP)
Ok, my contrarian hot take (for HN at least). The real entities we need to be afraid of in regards to privacy are governments & politicians, not companies & entrepreneurs.

The worst thing a company can do is try to sell you more soap. The government on the other hand can literally ruin your life (or even end it in some countries).

The EU is doing a fantastic job of keeping everyone distracted by pointing the finger at the "evil American tech companies" while simultaneously doing the opposite when it comes to privacy from government...which is the real threat.

I could point to many instances of this but the easiest one is the EU commission currently pushing a ban on encryption.

>>pembro+eb
Wow, judging from the replies it seems that most of HN does indeed hate this comment. I agree with you though. Even though it's not apart of the EU, Britain's internet security laws that require browser data collection is particularly disgusting. I am sure that other governments are soon to follow. The EU does appear to be very privacy friendly, and I only hope the governments don't impede corporate privacy regulations when it comes to the public sector (although if they did they would most certainly say it's for national security or child protection).