More seriously, I"m tired of people thinking they have principles but have no idea what they are actually fighting over. Surveillance saves so many lives. At least explain what so bad about it.
I challenge you to rewrite this so that you're making a strong, optimistic argument for surveillance from your perspective, instead of shitting on a young person for trying to navigate a path through legitimately complex tradeoffs.
The onus is on you to make a thought-provoking case, not for them to convince you that their internal ethical alarm bells are reasonable.
More seriously, I"m tired of people thinking they have principles but have no idea what they are actually fighting over. Surveillance saves so many lives. At least explain what so bad about it.