> the result of this government action is that startups and crowd funded projects are less viable
If those projects are being run by people who are incompetent and unable to consider the importance of protecting user privacy through competent security, maybe that isn't such a bad thing. If FAA rules stop people from crowdfunding new passenger aircraft and leave it to the companies who actually have the skills, expertise and responsibility to build a plane with the relevant safety measures, as an airline passenger, I'm okay with that.
If those projects are being run by people who are incompetent and unable to consider the importance of protecting user privacy through competent security, maybe that isn't such a bad thing. If FAA rules stop people from crowdfunding new passenger aircraft and leave it to the companies who actually have the skills, expertise and responsibility to build a plane with the relevant safety measures, as an airline passenger, I'm okay with that.