Re: It will happen . . .
> Generally I would have a lot more faith in the EU protecting our privacy than the Tories.
The last time we had a non Tory government they tried to do something similar and the Tory opposition opposed it. It seems like all parties oppose this sort of thing when they are in the opposition and crave infinite snooping powers when they are in power. On this particular occasion its the EU wanting to do. You're probably right that next week it will be the UK government, but that is just as likely to be the case which ever side happens to be in power at the time. It seems that all politicians believe that there is some magic IT fairy dust that can be sprinkled over any device or data that will do which ever magic they want this week.