That hardly changes how terrible these measures are.

What's more, they seem technologically ineffective. As if the government were just trying to make a show of its power rather than provide real solutions.

It's absolutely indefensible and you must know it, considering you opened a new account to comment this.

Yeah, now they can vote out the current gov... err.. nevermind. In all seriousness I think they all already knew that since long ago

Please read 1984 by George Orwell. Everybody knows its happening but nobody can stop it.