David Brin covered this topic in a 1996 Wired article [1] and a follow-on 1998 book [2]. Bruce Schneier disagreed with him in 2008 [3] (and probably still does

David Brin covered this topic in a 1996 Wired article [1] and a follow-on 1998 book [2]. Bruce Schneier disagreed with him in 2008 [3] (and probably still does). [1] https://www.wired.com/1996/12/fftransparent/ https://www.wired.com/1996/12/fftransparent/ [2] https://www.davidbrin.com/transparentsociety.html https://www.davidbrin.com/transparentsociety.html [3] https://www.wired.com/2008/03/securitymatters-0306/amp https://www.wired.com/2008/03/securitymatters-0306/amp