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Re:Europe's $24T Breakup with Visa and Mastercard Has Begun by philipwhiuk on Wednesday February 11, 2026 @06:37AM (#46973701)
> Because the US or Chine government can't harm me in Europe via the data they collect from me

That's an amusingly naïve perspective. The US government absolutely can harm you, via a multitude of ways.

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Re:Europe's $24T Breakup with Visa and Mastercard Has Begun by abc123abc123 on Wednesday February 11, 2026 @07:57AM (#46974394)
Not to speak of russia who have been sending assassins to kill people in the EU for a long time, and the EU has not been very good at stopping those.
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Re:Europe's $24T Breakup with Visa and Mastercard Has Begun by n4r9 on Wednesday February 11, 2026 @07:03AM (#46973904)
Also, Chinese-owned firms are known to be transferring EU citizens' data to China in violation of GDPR: https://noyb.eu/en/tiktok-aliexpress-shein-co-surrender-euro...

China's government has strategic goals to destabilise and weaken the EU, and data-farming will be part of their strategy.

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