Legislation can be drafted to make such data proliferation illegal. That's not what's happening here. This is an end-run around legislature, which executive ord

Legislation can be drafted to make such data proliferation illegal. That's not what's happening here. This is an end-run around legislature, which executive orders often are, and should be condemned as such. You have to separate the intent/justification (or what you perceive as the desired intent/justification) from the action. "Where were you when your country first started banning software?"