I'm actually OK with this future. I think it's inevitable. But what to me is the choice of whether the cameras watch everyone, or just certain classes of someon

I'm actually OK with this future. I think it's inevitable. But what to me is the choice of whether the cameras watch everyone, or just certain classes of someone. There was a scifi novel many years ago, forget the name, where everyone's glasses were constantly live feeds. The author posited that crime went down, but also transparency amongst the powerful/elite climbed as well.