> If companies would respect the spirit behind GDPR and not store data that is not needed to fulfill a user's requests and protect the data that they must have in a way that makes dragnet searches impossible, this would not be a problem.
This is ridiculous. Literally the authorities are the one demanding information, so that they can abuse that power.
And you're blaming the people with information?
Stop fighting the wrong war: hold the people with power accountable. That's the government here. They can use force and put you in jail. That's power.
Anyone collecting data needs to consider how the data can be misused. Whether that be by a (repressive) government, a hacker, or a future purchaser of the data
This is ridiculous. Literally the authorities are the one demanding information, so that they can abuse that power.
And you're blaming the people with information?
Stop fighting the wrong war: hold the people with power accountable. That's the government here. They can use force and put you in jail. That's power.