A government at best wants to protect the well-being of some certain group of people. At worst, it's a threat to that group and even those outside it. The preferred tool to maintain power for the worst and the best governments seems to be the same: surveillance. The problem with implementing a system of mass surveillance is it creates an imbalance of power in the hands of a few people. The efforts by a "best" government can be coopted by a "worst" government as the government changes cha...