[grey-area]

On the other hand, it has a larger constituency in government who oppose undermining encryption than most other western nations and a good negative example in the recent past (the Stasi). Just look at the recent legislation passed in the UK, and the statements of Theresa May on encryption or the recent lawsuits by the FBI against Apple. It may be our best hope in stopping legislation mandating backdoors to encryption, which would damage everyone.

[Barrin92]

The most important difference is the parliamentary sovereignty of the UK. The biggest protector of privacy here in Germany is the constitution, and the Constitutional court rules fairly assertively on issues of privacy and civil rights, so what PM's do or don't do is not that important.

The UK has no such safeguard due to governmental structure.