[zcarter]

An interesting thought experiment that should be informing more of the discussion is to take inevitability for granted.

If mass surveillance does exist, the concern becomes equality of access. Information asymmetry is now the problem. Fear of blackmail is moot when everyone already has access to the information. If we must have technology intruding on our privacy, I would personally prefer a world where everyone can intrude, instead of a select few.

Fully public, mass surveillance is logical extension and conclusion of if-you-have-nothing-to-hide rhetoric.