It's compelling to everyone who doesn't randomly want to lose access to all of their online accounts. Everyone who doesn't want the police turned on them when they haven't done anything wrong. Everyone who doesn't want to be wrongly labeled a criminal for the whole world to see. That's basically everyone. If you want these things to happen to you, just like they did to the parents in the NYT article, I guess you'll be the sole exception. But why?

Also, Richard Stallman? Where did that come from? This has nothing to do with free software at all. I'm also capable of drawing my own conclusions without someone else whispering in my ear, if that's what you're suggesting.