> But time and time again the outcome of such actions (when left un-countered) does seem to end up with more spying on civilians. A good example of this in the

> But time and time again the outcome of such actions (when left un-countered) does seem to end up with more spying on civilians. A good example of this in the UK is the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act [0] that constrains anti-terrorist surveillance and investigation, but which ended up, amongst other things, being used by local councils to track whether children lived in particular school catchment areas, tracking fly-tippers, etc. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regulation_of_Investigatory_Powers_Act_2000 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regulation_of_Investigatory_Po...