[lemonlyman87]

@karmacondon, you argue that "If something is legal, ethical and moral then it doesn't matter if technology makes it easier to do or not," but I think sometimes - in situations such as this - technological advances can change society and government power so much that it changes what is ethical, moral, and even legal. Having a police officer walk a beat is certainly ethically acceptable; having drones monitor every single thing that occurs in every major city is not - scale and power of tech (especially regarding intrusiveness) matter.

In terms of reducing the scale to a single person (which I think has problems, but nonetheless), I don't think most people would classify police following someone around to see what religious ceremonies, political meetings, and protests he or she goes to is acceptable, however we don't worry as profoundly about this because police simply don't have the manpower to do it. License plate readers change this, making mass monitoring of individuals feasible.