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>>mmaria+(OP)
There are a lot of comments and thinking along the demo and gloom lines.

On the "silver lining" side, could be a eye-opener for the population of the UK, that things they take for granted cant get summarily yanked away if they don't actually do something.

And with any luck it will pull up the technical competency of every person using these services (pretty much every adult).

With any luck parents might even be forced to gain the skill their kids already live and breathe and don't think twice about.

:)

>>chrism+zv
I used to be optimistic that way, but if you look somewhere similar developments happened before like China: yes, people adapted to circumvent their regime's oppression, but the laws never changed.

Since surveillance is only a 2nd tier issue in terms of mind share (at best), it's untouched by electoral democracy. And because rulers automatically support more surveillance, there are no mechanisms for positive developments on that side, both in the UK and in China.