Exactly. It seems that everyone forgets that it is never a problem until unsavory people get into power. At that point it is too late. Unfortunately too few pe

Exactly. It seems that everyone forgets that it is never a problem until unsavory people get into power. At that point it is too late. Unfortunately too few people building these systems seem to know history well enough to realise the apparatus they are building can also be taken over by entities they are today completely opposed to. We are still exactly the same species that have given birth to the Stasi and other oppressive forces. It would be good if people built their solutions with this in mind. Build defensively and with your users' privacy in mind from the start.