Nightlight - when you say that's OK, after a decade of doing it, they expand it to more crimes. Next they'll be using surveillance to monitor drug related crimes. After that, general crimes, after that, all crimes. So long as no one protests and are convinced that it's for the greater good, it will happen. Now you might be thinking "I'm not a criminal anyway." however, "all crimes" will include anything they deem illegal. Certain sex acts with your wife are currently illegal, and by some religions, anything but missionary style. New laws are being added daily making more and more things illegal. Our countries started out free and are slowly heading to a different kind of communism.