The problem is government surveillance is useful. If your car gets stolen for example a plate reader camera can help find it. I think people know that and weig

The problem is government surveillance is useful. If your car gets stolen for example a plate reader camera can help find it. I think people know that and weight it against the trade off of decreased privacy and exploitation by corrupt government officials or other nefarious actors. To help justify that people come up with ways of gaming the systems, similar to with say people who cut coupons get that money saving rush. Essentially it's viewed as a necessary evil and folks leverage mechanism to get ahead instead of all out rejection.