Again, naming usernames is asking for a hellban.<p>But a good proportion of prior threads on the topics of NSA surveillance, silk road (or tor in general), CISA, FBI&#x2F;prosecutorial overreach, etc - has certain somebodies reliably pull the Frank Drebben &quot;nothing to see here&quot; routine regarding abuses of authority.<p>The shilling that gets upvoted is rarely overt. It&#x27;s almost always of the &quot;this isn&#x27;t so bad, citizen, carry on&quot; or &quot;criminals deserve it&quot; variety that dramatically understates or deflects the threat posed to us by authority.