Well, it's not the place here for a soapbox. But when I was thinking illegal activity I was more thinking along the lines of piracy and other illegal downloads and the encouragement of the same. I've seen proxy servers used at work to get around barriers in place at work so people can watch sporting events at work (not participating in that, job isn't worth the risk to see a game).
But an oppresive government restricting the freeflow of information in the interest of keeping a population in check. That I cannot abide. This also includes my own government... I figure I'm on a watch list already :shrug: so next time I'm in the kichen cooking and need help with a recipe, I'm just going to ask Alexa what the NSA recommends for cooking times.