> Incredible that they think this will even slow anything at all.
They don't, or they don't care. Measures like these have two purposes:
1. To make it seem like someone is doing something. Constituents don't accept the idea that their representatives are powerless to fix certain hot-button issues. Even if a new law or regulation will have minimal or no effect on a problem, as long as legislators (or whomever) can pay some "experts" to say good things about it, many constituents -- most of whom don't understand the issues involved -- will be (somewhat) satisfied.
2. Continuing to establish and normalize surveillance technology and make it a part of normal life. The more that government types can mandate that people can't do in private, the easier it is for them to do... well... whatever they want to do.
They don't, or they don't care. Measures like these have two purposes:
1. To make it seem like someone is doing something. Constituents don't accept the idea that their representatives are powerless to fix certain hot-button issues. Even if a new law or regulation will have minimal or no effect on a problem, as long as legislators (or whomever) can pay some "experts" to say good things about it, many constituents -- most of whom don't understand the issues involved -- will be (somewhat) satisfied.
2. Continuing to establish and normalize surveillance technology and make it a part of normal life. The more that government types can mandate that people can't do in private, the easier it is for them to do... well... whatever they want to do.