>it at least is something that happens as part of a judicial process

Only sort of, because some countries have very weird ideas of what a "judicial process" is.

>I'm certainly more comfortable with it than being subject to the whims of the US government and its 3 letter agencies.

That's fair, but I think it's a mistake. In the worst case the European system grants a village cop in another country the authority to conduct extremely intrusive surveillance on you.

Criminals can easily co-opt this system and steal your crypto or whatever, a far more realistic threat for most people than the NSA.

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surgical_fire 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

> That's fair, but I think it's a mistake

I obviously don't share the sentiment.

> village cop in another country the authority to conduct extremely intrusive surveillance on you.

> far more realistic threat for most people than the NSA.

If you think some policeman in a rural Frech village is a bigger threat to your freedom than NSA or other 3-letter agencies from the USA, we can all see who is mistaken in evaluating threats.

> Criminals can easily co-opt this system and steal your crypto or whatever

I don't want to say anything, I just wanted to highlight this bit because it made me giggle.

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pschastain 2 hours ago | parent [-]

>If you think some policeman in a rural Frech village is a bigger threat to your freedom than NSA or other 3-letter agencies from the USA, we can all see who is mistaken in evaluating threats.

Just like the random mugger on the streets of Paris is a far bigger threat to my life and limb than the US with their drones.

You're talking from an ideological perspective, I'm looking at this from a rather more practical angle. It's very possible that your line of thinking leads to a better outcome than mine, or perhaps it doesn't.

>I don't want to say anything, I just wanted to highlight this bit because it made me giggle.

It's really not that funny, cryptocurrency thieves have been bribing cops to rob people at gunpoint https://krebsonsecurity.com/2024/09/crooked-cops-stolen-lapt...

Now you can bribe a village cop in Hungary or Romania, and have the French cops do your bidding. This is totally gonna end well!

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surgical_fire an hour ago | parent [-]

> You're talking from an ideological perspective

Given your participation in this whole discussion, that was pretty cute.

There nothing else here even worth addressing. This conversation is a waste of time, for both of us.

Have a wonderful rest of your day.

	▲	pschastain an hour ago \| parent [-]
		Having been personally touched by this, I see this as an entirely practical and not ideological issue. It's harder for me to worry about the NSA than people who have already negatively impacted me in the past.