Comment by ubermonkey

>I'm shocked by people and state using the crutch of cyber crime or scams to push a totalitarian solution to a problem

You shouldn't be.

You don't have to dig deep or search widely to see Americans complaining, loudly and often, about the US government using the 9/11 to create massive new state security initiatives, most of which were inimical to both privacy and liberty. And that was nearly a quarter century ago.