The great thing about democracy is that we can debate subtleties and choose a path between extremes. So we can say that while the extremes of this argument are

The great thing about democracy is that we can debate subtleties and choose a path between extremes. So we can say that while the extremes of this argument are either total surveillance or no surveillance at all, we can instead opt for a more balanced approach. We can recognize that guaranteeing privacy in public or when using a publicly provided service is silly, but also that some forms of automation and data mining elevate simple observations into a level of surveillance that we are not comfortable with.