> Do you want to say no terrorism has been prevented by lawful surveillance? There could be no verifiable data on how much is that. Maybe many, maybe none. Ye

> Do you want to say no terrorism has been prevented by lawful surveillance? There could be no verifiable data on how much is that. Maybe many, maybe none. Yet the facts are: terrorism is not a huge threat. There are few terrorists, even fewer successful ones. It's three times more chances of getting killed by a lightning strike here in Europe, than by a terrorist. Another fact is: the vast majority of people are good decent people, who behave well and not blowing up planes, shooting jews in synagogues etc. Hence, the surveillance measures taken to "prevent terrorism" have costs vastly surpassing the benefits, since the majority is suffering for the sake of (allegedly) diminishing of already tiny numbers [1] [2]. Not to mention the increase of risk of waking up in a totalitarian state. [1] http://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/headlines/security/20180703STO07125/terrorism-in-the-eu-terror-attacks-deaths-and-arrests http://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/headlines/security/201... [2] http://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/headlines/society/20190410STO36615/road-fatality-statistics-in-the-eu-infographic http://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/headlines/society/2019...