[tremon]

what can be done about it without breaking privacy

Well, the answer is: nothing. Let's take an analogy:

> Industry and government need to work together to try and see what can be done about me talking to my wife without breaking privacy.

If I want to speak to my wife in private, that's between me and my wife only. If industry and/or government want to have a say in that, they're going to need to control or monitor anything I say to my wife. The very act of desiring to control requires subverting privacy.

Of course, there are fruitful discussions to be had about the extent of privacy itself, the extent of private communication, and the extent of control that might be admissible. But to pretend that there is a perfect solution that doesn't affect privacy is either a foolish or deliberately malicious position to take.

[brokenmachine]

"The laws of mathematics are very commendable, but the only law that applies in Australia is the law of Australia" - Australian ex-Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull (while he was Prime Minister).

While the EU is at it, they should do one for free energy.

Get just the right panel of experts together, and hopefully they can handwave all those troublesome laws of physics away as well.