Yes, right.
“Necessity and proportionality..."
That's a couple of words that the "powers that be" probably can't even spell let alone understand.
They are making this data grab not because they urgently need it but because they can and it might just might, be useful in the future. No guarantees on that last I suspect.
It is all about power and control. The TLAs and their supporters need to feel that they are special and have extraordinary powers that other, lesser beings do not have and who should not be granted any right to dignity, privacy or control over their own lives. Pretty much the way that Roman Emperors regarded the mob, with fear and contempt. So when they say that all this is in the name of "security" they mean their security, not ours. We are all "plebs" to them.
They are doing it because they can, not because they have to.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
