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[–] gwl@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago)

They fully can't, there's too many legitimate reasons that their corporate overlords use it for, the most you'll get is loud filibuster about "we'll totally do that!" until the topic gets forgotten.

Also, my personal conspiracy is that someone important in the gov owns some secret stocks and shares in a VPN company and this was very much a cash grab from that person.