I would agree it's freedom to actually use your devices in such ways (otherwise you are not owning it, just leasing it from a somebody who still tells you what you can and cannot do). It does not surprise me, that criminals also use this. Problem is: again the act of emancipation and its potential is criminalized instead of actual criminal behavior.

Hannes Amesbauer (FPÖ) und andere beantragen, Extinction Rebellion und die Letzte Generation als „Klimaterroristen" geheimdienstlich observieren zu lassen.

https://www.parlament.gv.at/dokument/XXVII/A/3050/fnameorig_1489291.html

Während in Deutschland und Österreich die Regierungen sich nach wie vor nicht an eingegangene Verpflichtungen zum Emissionsabbau halten, werden Aktivistinnen wegen Lappalien zu hohen Strafen verurteilt und mit Deportation bedroht. https://www.derstandard.at/story/3000000268090/klimaaktivistin-anja-windl-droht-auch-in-deutschland-haft?ref=niewidget

‘Outrageous’: Why was a US health worker charged with spreading Covid? | New Jersey | The Guardian. (n.d.). Retrieved June 7, 2021, from https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/jun/04/new-jersey-josefina-brito-fernandez-home-health-aide-covid

Care homes or prisons? The coronavirus dilemma that won’t go away. (2020, July 19). Jackie Cassell. https://www.jackiecassell.com/care-homes-or-prisons-the-coronavirus-dilemma-that-wont-go-away/

@DFRLab. (2020, May 14). Op-Ed: The criminalization of COVID-19 clicks and conspiracies. Medium. https://medium.com/dfrlab/op-ed-the-criminalization-of-covid-19-clicks-and-conspiracies-3af077f5a7e7