I’ve been playing with this analogy for years and used it a few times but I don’t know how effective it is. Imagine you’re having a party with friends. Just a

I’ve been playing with this analogy for years and used it a few times but I don’t know how effective it is. Imagine you’re having a party with friends. Just a regular party. Now imagine a uniformed policeman says “I’m just going to attend your party hold this tape recorder. Don’t worry about me. You won’t have to interact with me. I’ll just hang out and sit there. You aren’t in trouble at all. I’m doing it in everyone’s house.” Would your behavior change? Would you be slightly nervous? Will people truly let their guard down? That’s exactly what surveillance is. Except we don’t see that cop in the room so it’s hard for us to imagine.