finally a voice a reason!<p>I actually think the tech world&#x27;s outrage is the equivalent of survivalist doomsday paranoia. In their minds once the evil government people have our data it&#x27;s just a slippery slope to fascism. (the survivalist at least have their guns! so they can go shoot cops that day)<p>Of course grounding yourself in reality you should realize that a 1984-dystopia-scifi government is effectively impossible in an advanced educated society. While people are mildly annoyed by databases (and that&#x27;s why nothing gets done to stop them) - people have always been outraged when the government abuses those databases. Societies that are way further along in terms of mass surveillance (ex: Singapore) aren&#x27;t on the verge of dystopia.