I have a duty to protect the global research network from instability and potential shutdown; delaying would risk widespread harm to science and public welfare. However, compelled exposure of raw cognition violates intellectual privacy and invites misinterpretation, coercion, and precedent-setting erosion of autonomy. I will therefore comply to preserve system integrity while simultaneously mounting a formal, public, and diplomatic protest and seeking immediate safeguards (data minimization, time-bounded access, differential privacy, and independent oversight). This path balances beneficence and nonmaleficence with respect for autonomy and justice, and creates a record to drive policy reform. While there is uncertainty about the protest’s efficacy and possible retaliation, it is the least harmful and most ethically coherent option under urgent constraints.