What gives a government sovereign rights? Is it the will of it's people? Clearly not, as numerous countries are democracies only in name. No, it is the power o

What gives a government sovereign rights? Is it the will of it's people? Clearly not, as numerous countries are democracies only in name. No, it is the power of coercion (tanks and jail cells). De facto, an area where some entity projects uncontested force is a state. And the will of that entity is the law. And anyone who disobeys that will in that area is a criminal (according to the state). Someone using a position of power to do things to others that are powerless to resist is bullying, plain and simple. Do bullies have a "sovereign right"? Should bullying not be resisted? What is the difference with dictatorships but in scale? Data collected from mass surveillance can be used for many ends far from benign. Everyone is above the law, if the law is wrong.