Interestingly they don't even need to ban the tech, just throw out enough FUD about people attempting to take back control of their personal data using the tech

Interestingly they don't even need to ban the tech, just throw out enough FUD about people attempting to take back control of their personal data using the tech and you can set some nice precedent (in the mind of the judge and people) that those who use these tools _must_ have something evil to hide. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36197168 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36197168