This news makes me actually sad. I have had high hopes in the last years in the FOSS world, having myself and three other persons move to use Linux as daily driver on Desktop/Laptop.
My phone has FOSS apps only except for banking, health, transport tickets and 2/3 work rekated stuff. My messaging, files and pictures are handled by FOSS apps installed from third parties (F-Droid, Obtainium) on selfhosted servers... I was finally seeing the light at the end of the tunnel.
This news sound to me like the tunnel ahaead is collapsing.
That's true. The title might lead to think of a generalised access. The data exchange is not defined yet, and that is the work to be done as stated in the paper you linked.
Annex, point 3:
In particular, the framework agreement should provide clear and precise rules and procedures for triggering a query on a traveller, to preclude a systematic, generalised and non-targeted processing of data for all travellers.
Most EU countries already participate in the Visa Waiver Program. This agreement is about extending it to 3 more countries in the union and ...
Where the objective of an exchange of information under a PCSC agreement is to fight terrorism and serious crime, the purpose of the exchange of information under the EBSP is potentially broader as it also concerns the areas of border management and visa policy.
... extend the content of exchanged data. So, yes, the article is right?
How is it misleading? That's what I read in the article. And that's probably actually "Millions of innocent Europeans in police databases". These are not exclusive affirmations?
A quick search tells me just about 2 million Germans visited USA in 2024. Which is actually much more than I expected.
This is not the sweet onion of satire. This is the strong garlic of reality.