[hilbert42]

Right, one can't but helped to have noticed how remarkably quickly that legislation passed.

...And it did so without a squawk!

Edit, it sort of proves my point, doesn't it?

[techdragon]

From the standpoint of someone who did not agree with that legislation or the subsequent follow on changes that pulled on even more… and several less internationally noticed little legal things… We squawked, as loudly as we could, but it made no difference, because they went and did it anyway. So it wasn’t even a strangled squawk, but a completely ignored squawk.

It really doesn’t help that we have very few constitutional rights with which to push back with as any sort of “inalienable” baseline.

[BLKNSLVR]

And having the opposition at the time barely raise a whimper also strangles whatever squawk a minority in the public may raise.