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).