The problem is not everyone agrees on what exactly “editorialized” and “credible” means. You’re making the same arguments they would make against you.

I feel like this violates the Unix philosophy. I think a dedicated program that handles unmuting the mic would be a better solution that solves this issue more generally.

I have nothing to hide

Ok, pull down your pants and hand me your unlocked phone.

It could if that DMCA or some court order resulted in revealing your residential IP, and then your monopoly ISP terminates you. SSL/TLS would not save you there.

No but content owners could directly DMCA stuff that’s hosted on usenet, they just don’t.

yea that’s not true technically. the only reason usenet hasn’t been dismantled by infinite court cases is its obscurity.