I think there's a large difference between political and business surveillance. The Stasi were used to monitor and control political thought, whereas Facebook j

I think there's a large difference between political and business surveillance. The Stasi were used to monitor and control political thought, whereas Facebook just wants to make money off of me. What scares me is that a malevolent government could use their privately collected information in service of political suppression; they already do it for law enforcement and military purposes.