Even small doses of fear and pessimism is enough to make the majority of people accept mass surveillance. In Denmark in 2017 we had a summer of daily gang shoo

Even small doses of fear and pessimism is enough to make the majority of people accept mass surveillance. In Denmark in 2017 we had a summer of daily gang shootings. That fear was enough for the government to fly military SIGINT and surveillance planes above Copenhagen for weeks. There was almost no opposition to this level of mass surveillance. https://www.berlingske.dk/samfund/politiet-tager-nye-vaaben-i-brug-mod-banderne-vi-goer-fund-og-fangster-fordi-vi https://www.berlingske.dk/samfund/politiet-tager-nye-vaaben-...