Beware state surveillance of your lives – governments can change for the worse
Unfortunately, most of us are the reasons why this is the problem. A lot of us on HN are developers and software engineers who pioneered the technology for a paycheck or are using this technology for a paycheck. The only way it stops is if engineers start refusing and the software community as a whole sticks to a code of ethics that prevents this.Some of us in this thread that are decrying survelliance of all types are going to go back to work on the next work day at Google, Facebook, Amazon or some other company. When the boss man comes in and says "can you implement this feature" and it is about getting user analytics, you will say "yes sir/ma'am" and do it with a smile.