I don't understand this distinction you're trying to make between autonomy and freedom. Also, you haven't explained how mass surveillance interferes with individual autonomy, which is a pretty crucial part of an argument that mass surveillance is evil because you value individual autonomy.
I don't understand this distinction you're trying to make between autonomy and freedom.
Autonomy is mostly a negative right -- it's a right to be free from interference and coercion.
Freedom is both a negative and a positive right -- it's the lack of restrictions (negative) but it's also the capability to do things (positive).
Also, you haven't explained how mass surveillance interferes with individual autonomy
Do you think your behavior would change if you knew that every moment of your life was observed and recorded by government agents?
Or, simpler, have you read 1984?
EDIT: added the "rights of parents" and "simulation hypothesis" research interests.
I've started a lot of research projects and have a lot of research interests that I don't currently have time to develop on my own. So I'm putting the research interests together on this page, and anyone can let me know if they're interested in doing any joint projects on these topics. This can range from coauthoring, to simply having a conversation about these and seeing where that goes.
The possible research topics are: