I see the point but government and the legal framework is exactly what could help swimming against the waterfall. It's hard to say what will happen and how easily it is going to be to loophole this, it might even have just negative results in the end such that large companies would find way to bypass it but smaller ones will be hit disproportionally but I think it is better than not even trying at all.
> We define a narrow range of places that really are private, and assume that anything that happens outside of those spaces is public.
I think it is hard for the average person to even understand what public and private means in various contexts. If government can see everything is it private (even if it is called a "private" chat). If company that is providing the channel can see the conversation, is the conversation really private.
It is a bit like the the FDA and food safety. It would be nice if we didn't need the FDA and everyone could carry their chemical and biological assay kits with them, inspect and test the products and drugs they consume. But most people don't know how, or can't afford to do it. So however imperfect it is nice to have at least some entity, even if it is corrupt and has a revolving door with the industries it is trying to regulate, to set some standards. GDPR is a bit the same, it is not perfect but I still see it as a positive step forward.
> We define a narrow range of places that really are private, and assume that anything that happens outside of those spaces is public.
I think it is hard for the average person to even understand what public and private means in various contexts. If government can see everything is it private (even if it is called a "private" chat). If company that is providing the channel can see the conversation, is the conversation really private.
It is a bit like the the FDA and food safety. It would be nice if we didn't need the FDA and everyone could carry their chemical and biological assay kits with them, inspect and test the products and drugs they consume. But most people don't know how, or can't afford to do it. So however imperfect it is nice to have at least some entity, even if it is corrupt and has a revolving door with the industries it is trying to regulate, to set some standards. GDPR is a bit the same, it is not perfect but I still see it as a positive step forward.