[A4ET8a8uTh0_v2]

While 'no expectation of privacy in public spaces' is an American thing, people in general accept any number otherwise awful things as long as they are part of the status quo. I mean, I can go on, but one only has to look at the history of man to look for appropriate examples.

[like_any_other]

The devshirme and the stasi also used to be part of the status quo. There are plenty of examples going the other way as well.