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Comment author: AlexMennen 19 October 2013 07:54:55PM -1 points [-]

This is true. If the surveillance system does not come with well-designed protections for those being watched, then problems like that can happen. Having a thorough surveillance system would make it possible to protect people from things like that, though of course that doesn't mean it will actually happen. I'm not actually confident that increased surveillance would be a good thing; I was just arguing that "individual autonomy is good; therefore surveillance is bad," is not a coherent argument.