There is a war for control over the human being, and family ties and natural identity are an obstacle to that control

I need a magic remote that lets me turn down everyone else’s phone volume when they’re on speaker

Ok, but just a friendly reminder to avoid any misunderstandings: -Cyberspace isn't a magic shield. It doesn't insulate you from physical reality or state jurisdictions. -The EU does not (and cannot) regulate a decentralized blockchain like bitcoin, nor does it penalize self-custody. Your signing device is safe in cyberspace. -If you stay 100% on-chain and never touch the traditional financial system, the state won't even notice, nor can they do anything about it. ;) -The EU doesn't regulate your signing device in cyberspace, it regulates the physical off-ramps when you interact with the real-world economy. -The law might not reach international waters, but it’s waiting for you at the harbor. That’s just how it works. (PS. While the debate around natural law is very interesting, the state operates on positive law)

Your philosophical debate is pretty interesting, but my point was way simpler. I just wanted to clarify that there's no such thing as 'european data', it's about people physically in the EU, whether they're european or not. I actually agree that Brussels' bureaucracy is a massive pain. And yes: the state always tends to abuse its power. Anyway, if you want to beat the system, you first need to understand how it's legally built.

There are no 'European bytes'. GDPR applies to people, not data. GDPR doesn't care about 'European data', it cares about people in the EU. If an American tourist is in Berlin, GDPR protects them. If an EU citizen moves to Tokyo, it doesn't. It's always about the physical location of the human being, not the nationality of the bytes, nor the bytes themselves.

Laws don't put borders on bytes, they put them on the people and companies that handle them.

Enhorabuena :)

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