I think in regimes where that's a large risk, the regime doesn't need this to spy on you. if you e.g. are forced to run a government issued smartphone app and t

I think in regimes where that's a large risk, the regime doesn't need this to spy on you. if you e.g. are forced to run a government issued smartphone app and there are cameras at every street corner, the system is already pretty dystopian. It's where there isn't already a surveillance state that we may want to look out and not create one.