Fair enough. Though my concern is not for myself, but rather for any potential great leader who could be silently neutralized/blackmailed/extorted by mass surve

Fair enough. Though my concern is not for myself, but rather for any potential great leader who could be silently neutralized/blackmailed/extorted by mass surveillance techniques. Whether the culprits' organizational classification is public or private is of negligible importance. >Mass surveillance isn't the same as targeted. Mass surveillance is the first step in the discovery process, targeted surveillance is the second step after a target has been flagged by the dragnet.