> big bad all-present panopticon, or are they incompetent, inexperienced muppets? Sadly both are possible at the same time in a large well-funded company. If t

> big bad all-present panopticon, or are they incompetent, inexperienced muppets? Sadly both are possible at the same time in a large well-funded company. If they succeed in getting these contracts from scared governments, they'll be better positioned in the future for more such work. Privacy and freedom "mishaps" will be chalked up to "oh, it was an emergency, we had to do what we had to do."