&gt;The most important thing that the author mentions though is &quot;How can the government regain the trust of the people?&quot;.<p>Why should it?  And do the people even distrust the government?<p>Just look at the Presidential candidates.  All the Republicans left are totally in favor of mass surveillance, and Hillary, the choice of mainstream Democrats, of course is a big fan of ubiquitous surveillance.  Face it, most of the American public, except maybe the Millenials and Gen-Z, love the idea of having the government spy on them all the time &quot;for their safety&quot;.