As citizens of democratic countries we have uttely failed to protect our rights against private and public intrusions. We have failed to vote against politicians who introduce legislation to legalise pervasive automated surveilance. In the UK, Theresa May, who brought the Snooper Charter into law became Prime Minister instead of being kicked out of her political career in disgrace.* A majority of citizens of Western democracies continue to use social media and online services like Amazon and Netflix etc.
The EU has introduced some legislation of course, but even in the EU state institutions are free to spy on citizens and non-citizens alike. Everytime I take the Eurostar for the continent I'm offered a "fast track" through a set of automated gates that use facial recognition. I keep declining, but my partner who also normally declines was coerced to go through by a border guard. Pseudo-scientific deep-learning lie-detectors are deployed at the borders of my own country, Greece, as well as Hungary and Latvia.
But all this started long ago. When surveilance cameras were first put up on every shop and every street corner in every major EU city, only hippies and weirdoes opposed them. And now we're all watched by them and there's no changing that.
Who is going to stand up against the new threat to our rights? A few dispersed academics that nobody listens to? Anonymous?
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* She was, but only later, because of Brexit.