I've mentioned in another comment as well, whether they go through or not isn't relevant nor will it make this problem actually disappear. The cat is already out of the bag (and has been) in terms of showing what giving up privacy to a closed company will do. If not today, then another day, another egregious action will occur. It's a story as old as time, yet we collectively never learn. By next time though, a carefully coordinated PR message may be part of the 'deployment'.