The whole goal is to track every single person's activity on the internet and VPNs get in the way, so that too.

Totalitarian regime speedrun

That is impossible without a China-level snooping apparatus. And even then it’s only partly possible. This is law made by dumb people.

Don’t worry, when they think they’ll need it you’ll get a polite but abrupt phone call

There isn't enough terrorism to justify things with that, so children it is.