The people behind WL used to be all anonymous, but to raise money they came out of hiding. I guess their timing was off. This is a "speeding ticket" style of justice. You get a speeding ticket because you "might" cause harm from speeding. It's a hypothetical that govts can enforce on civilians to discourage potentially harmful acts. However, the parade of hypotheticals being very large, one must be on the lookout for potential abuse by authorities. This tug-of-war tends to get redone with each generation because the incentives for the govt are so huge.