I really don't get how this is supposed to be effective at all. Apart from the obvious examples of free wifi at Starbucks, the library, etc., I can walk down to

I really don't get how this is supposed to be effective at all. Apart from the obvious examples of free wifi at Starbucks, the library, etc., I can walk down to 7-eleven and buy a prepaid SIM with a data plan with cash, today, no ID required. Not to mention, if I'm a master hacker who is a "threat", surely I can spend a few hours cracking my neighbour's WPA2 key. I suspect they want this purely as a punitive measure for people they don't like, kinda like the time they froze the bank accounts of vaccine passport protestors (https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-60383385 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-60383385).