I’m not the biggest fan of Ben Evans, but he’s right on “privacy fanatism”:
> At a certain point EU privacy regulators will realise:
When an EU citizen requests a US internet resource, they provide a US server with their IP address;
An IP address is PII;
The CIA could record that;
Therefore it is illegal to provide any internet resource to anyone in the EU
> At a certain point EU privacy regulators will realise: When an EU citizen requests a US internet resource, they provide a US server with their IP address; An IP address is PII; The CIA could record that; Therefore it is illegal to provide any internet resource to anyone in the EU
Source: https://twitter.com/benedictevans/status/1492102034409066504
PS: saying this a German citizen…