It was "Will lawmakers clobber us for spying on the whole internet?" And the answer to that second question was a resounding *no*.
Why did policymakers fail us? It's not much of a mystery, I'm afraid. Policymakers failed us because cops and spies *hate* privacy laws and lobby like hell against them.
8/
Cory Doctorow
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