I think it's important that we recognise the distinction between targeted surveillance and mass surveillance. Within a legal framework that recognises the right

I think it's important that we recognise the distinction between targeted surveillance and mass surveillance. Within a legal framework that recognises the right to privacy as the default, surveillance is a necessary law enforcement tool. This kind of device is aimed at that kind of surveillance. I think a lot of people tar all means of investigating crime with the same "surveillance bad" feather, and they're espousing a pretty extreme anarchist viewpoint that they don't really hold.