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The poster did not "connect this to the NSA". She/he argues that blindly acquiescing to removal of rights in the name of security is a bad idea, using the NSA phone tapping deal as a point of comparison.

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But access to a dev console isn't a right - it's just a feature modern browsers happen to include.

I agree that disabling it is pointless and futile but it's hardly violating anyone's rights.

Calling it a "right" instead of a permission doesn't change much. "Digital Rights Management" doesn't manage rights under your definition (unless pause or fastforward is a right).

Yup, that is a completely legitimate argument to raise.

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