<Pilots and controllers are generally a pretty cantankerous bunch of conservative old farts>
In 50+ years in aviation, of which about 35+ were in ATC I never met such people.
I won't vote for the petition because I don't see that my work (when I did work) should be of any concern to others. What are they going to try next - ATC telephone lines to be broadcast? We all know they want to snoop in the hope of having a big "scoop"..