> 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.

>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!