&quot; is that as IoT devices become more and more ubiquitous, I&#x27;ll probably still end up with some kind of quasi-surveillance garbage in my house.&quot;<p>This is the natural result of free market capitalism and private property, property owners (corporations) want to protect it and their profits from the plebians.  So they buy the governments and strip plebians of their rights.<p>Our brains are much worse at reality and thinking than thought.<p>Science on reasoning:<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;watch?v=PYmi0DLzBdQ" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;watch?v=PYmi0DLzBdQ</a><p>The (mass surveillance) by the NSA and abuse by law enforcement is just more part and parcel of state suppression of dissent against corporate interests. They&#x27;re worried that the more people are going to wake up and corporate centers like the US and canada may be among those who also awaken. See this vid with Zbigniew Brzezinski, former United States National Security Advisor.<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;watch?v=n7ZyJw_cHJY" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;watch?v=n7ZyJw_cHJY</a><p>Brezinski at a press conference<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;watch?v=VWTIZBCQ79g" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;watch?v=VWTIZBCQ79g</a><p>Major powers, and imposing control over the awakened masses.<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;youtu.be&#x2F;4usbR_kKCDs?t=397" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;youtu.be&#x2F;4usbR_kKCDs?t=397</a>