[pooya13]

There can be filters and data can be anonymized, with all access recorded and audited by an independent panel. However that is not the current state of the surveillance state in the US. I think the majority would poll for the system with the safeguards in place as opposed to the current system that relies on trusting the state. Also the damage can be more subtle like the state pushing propaganda based on the private data of the citizens.

[kazagistar]

Right now we habe regressive privacy, where people with more power have more privacy. We should have progressive privacy. Power over others is power to hurt others, and for a democracy to work, such power must be tempered by transparency and oversight, while the default for the masses should be strict privacy protections.