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I don't agree at all, I would even think that you are missing the point by saying "they don't see it that way". Well, they don't see it that way because they are ignorant. I agree with the author: Finding a way to communicate this, to educate the ignorant (politicians and voters both) is in fact the crucial battle right now.

Whether this little technical demonstration does that or not... well, we'll see. But I absolutely can't fault the effort.

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Responding to your edit, "We certainly won't win this battle by trying to teach them information theory (good luck! :) )":

I think your goalposts are shifting here. A simple example that is easy to spread and easy to demonstrate sounds at least plausible. It certainly doesn't sound to me like teaching them information theory, it sounds more like a challenge: "How will your laws prevent me doing this?" Perhaps they'll block Twitter too?

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