I think that to the hardcore GDPR fans that you're arguing with, this is like asking if we should let someone who is interested in structural engineering go build a skyscraper and figure it out as they go. Or someone who is interested in medicine start doing brain surgery on people.
They don't really agree that all PII is not the same. To them, storing their IP address without permission is a horrific violation of their human rights.
It strikes me personally as illogical and paranoid to the point of hysteria. However, that's just me, and at the end of the day, I think there's a cultural divide here as to what constitutes privacy, who owns what data, and what power we should trust the government with.
They don't really agree that all PII is not the same. To them, storing their IP address without permission is a horrific violation of their human rights.
It strikes me personally as illogical and paranoid to the point of hysteria. However, that's just me, and at the end of the day, I think there's a cultural divide here as to what constitutes privacy, who owns what data, and what power we should trust the government with.