I’m not for what they did, but this comment is to expand your idea. You forgot to think about the people they don’t know about right now. I’m presuming they’re

I’m not for what they did, but this comment is to expand your idea. You forgot to think about the people they don’t know about right now. I’m presuming they’re freaking the F out right now and are worried about unknown cells and their communications. So... in the moment, decision was to make unknown cells communications more difficult by disabling low hanging fruit.