I think the part that's missing from most of these scenarios is that all this surveillance can be retroactive. Now, you might say that things can't be made ret

I think the part that's missing from most of these scenarios is that all this surveillance can be retroactive. Now, you might say that things can't be made retroactively illegal, but selective enforcement can be done retroactively. The protagonist angers someone in power, and then finds that they are being summoned to court for jaywalking 357 times over the past year, getting their license revoked for 957 traffic infractions, illegal disposal of hazardous materials like lithium ion batteries in household garbage, etc. They are also a "subject of interest" in customs duty evasion, until they can account for every discrepancy in their last 46 airport x-ray bag scans. Apparently, they are also a serial loiterer, as confirmed by 588 separate security camera videos. They have been seen exchanging something with known drug users (the videos where it is clear they gave a homeless man $1 are quietly ignored).