True, at least the EU does it above board. No secret court backroom shenanigans.

I'm still super opposed to chatcontrol but at least it's in the open for us to fight.

Yeah, I agree with you both. Lesser evils do exist. At least there's some pretense of democracy and not just spy on everyone without limit without telling anyone. If it wasn't for Snowden, it'd still just be us "conspiracy theorists". (Anyone remember the 90s?)