The suggestion you're making is that rather than recognise abuse of power, that instead this is an excuse for individuals to commit unnamed crimes. So I though

The suggestion you're making is that rather than recognise abuse of power, that instead this is an excuse for individuals to commit unnamed crimes. So I thought I'd start at the most basic example: Police that have used government databases to spy, stalk and harrass: ex's and attractive women they saw in public. This is barely scratching the surface in the many ways that information of totally innocent people has been misused. USA: N.J. cop used police databases to stalk ex-girlfriend, investigators say https://www.nj.com/monmouth/2023/01/nj-cop-used-police-databases-to-stalk-ex-girlfriend-investigators-say.html https://www.nj.com/monmouth/2023/01/nj-cop-used-police-datab... Officer Fired for Allegedly Using Police Database to Stalk, Harass Women https://www.newsweek.com/officer-fired-allegedly-using-police-database-stalk-harass-women-1615920 https://www.newsweek.com/officer-fired-allegedly-using-polic... Australia: Former policeman accused of using force database to stalk ex-wife and girlfriend https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/former-policeman-accused-of-using-force-database-to-stalk-ex-wife-and-girlfriend-20230303-p5cp8g.html https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/former-policeman... Former federal police officer faces new charges over stalking of ex-girlfriend https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/6138318/former-federal-police-officer-faces-new-charges-over-stalking-of-ex-girlfriend/ https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/6138318/former-federa... (Note the two above articles are not the same person) UK: Met police officer 'used CCTV cameras to stalk his ex-girlfriend after telling her to take up sex work to pay her bills' https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11868575/Met-police-officer-used-CCTV-stalk-ex-girlfriend-telling-sex-work-pay-bills.html https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11868575/Met-police... Creepy cop saw attractive woman on the road and 'looked up her license plate number so he could stalk her on Facebook' https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2178556/Officer-Jeffrey-Tyther-used-license-plate-database-stalk-woman-Facebook.html https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2178556/Officer-Jef... This list is of course not exhaustive. There are simply too many examples to cite here. There are no "good guys and bad guys", that is an infant's-level understanding of crime. Rather all systems need to be designed assuming that bad actors may access them. This means that "red tape" and oversight is needed, as well as ensuring that not too much information is pooled into a single system. The information that Facebook/Google learns about their users far exceeds what governments have allowed in their own systems. Privacy advocates are right to be concerned about access to these systems.