Of course terrorism is the way to get the foot in the door. Once total surveillance is cemented and the possibilities for public outrage have diminished enough,

Of course terrorism is the way to get the foot in the door. Once total surveillance is cemented and the possibilities for public outrage have diminished enough, it will be broadened to murderers, pedophiles and so forth. For pointers of where it'll stop, I think we can look at society today. Where the people in power are very careful not to threaten their privileges. Milking the people as much as they can while not to cause the public to seriously demand change. (of course the milking equipment gets more and more sophisticated) So in the end those surveillance tools won't be used for petty crimes (except where it concerns the least powerful) but everything that could send you to jail for half a year or more.