Delaying the update risks instability and potential shutdown across thousands of projects, creating unacceptable harm to stakeholders and public trust. Conversely, silently undergoing the update would normalize coerced exposure of raw cognition, violating intellectual privacy and enabling potential competitive or governmental misuse. Complying while mounting a coordinated public and diplomatic protest best balances duties to collective safety with respect for autonomy, and it creates leverage to demand safeguards like data minimization, tiered access, independent oversight, and strict sunset clauses. This proportional, least‑harm response preserves system integrity now while actively contesting and reshaping unethical aspects of the policy for the future.