[GaryNumanVevo]

Nonsense. It's not like the UK government is building the technology required to surveil at this scale. They're effectively laundering data in pursue of "societal good" which gets filtered through dozens of tech firms who only exist to collect and analyze this specific data.

Capitalism, in this instance, is exploiting a niche, that is the UK government (and others) want more control over their populations. These firms are more than happy to oblige, given the government contract is lucrative enough.