Surveillance is just going to happen. That cat is out of the bag. Becoming Luddites only works if we all (all 7 billion+ individuals on this planet) do it. Besi

Surveillance is just going to happen. That cat is out of the bag. Becoming Luddites only works if we all (all 7 billion+ individuals on this planet) do it. Besides, modern technology has too many benefits to part with it. The way to deal with surveillance is counter surveillance: watch the watchers. Abusive behavior is a lot harder if you can't do so without being observed by countless others and being exposed. A lot of surveillance right now is being done by shadowy government agencies, foreign nations, some big corporations, terrorists, criminals, etc. It's very one sided. Once that stops being one sided, we can control it. It's also an arms race. Everybody is watching each other, their own citizens/subordinates/etc. People in power are rightfully concerned about being under surveillance themselves. Because they probably are. We've had a few high profile cases of e.g. the German chancellor being under surveillance by what was supposed to be an ally. The logical outcome of such an arms race is surveillance technology becoming a widespread commodity. Commoditization means things get a lot cheaper. So, inevitably there will be a lot more entities engaging in mutual surveillance just because they can. Those doing the surveillance will themselves become obvious targets for surveillance. You can watch but you can't do so without risking being exposed. That changes the game. Because now abuse of surveillance technology has a price and a risk. And you can't ever be certain nobody is watching.