Carole Cadwalladr warns that once a person's data is acquired by powerful entities, it can never be truly recovered and poses a permanent danger.

“Once you've got the data, when you've got the entire nation's data, you can't just put that genie back in the bottle.”

The UK government has implemented the most extreme mass electronic surveillance legislation among democratic nations.

“We have We have the most totalitarian surveillance legislation of any democracy in the world in the UK.”

Modern technology and metadata collection have made it impossible for the average person to keep their life secret from intelligence agencies.

“Nothing is secret. Nothing. And to make matters worse, let's say maybe you did do something that law enforcement might be interested in. They don't need a warrant anymore. They don't need to go to a judge and say, "Well, we have reason to believe, you know, blah, blah, blah."”

Matt McCusker expresses a firm refusal to use smart devices because they link directly into the surveillance state.

“I'm not putting any kind of smart smarter uh smart device smart devices no no they could shut off the [ __ ] deep state could shut off his heat at any point i'm not dude they're gonna shut you down”

Advanced technology, such as drones and digital infrastructure, is being used by elite figures to construct a system of control over the population.

“We're going to put them in a digital prison. And if that doesn't work, we're going to put them in a real prison.”

He believes the implementation of surveillance technology like flock cameras creates a deterrent that keeps people safe and maintains law and order.

“Because we don't have a right to privacy. We think we do, but it's not actually listed out anywhere. We don't. The term right to privacy doesn't exist. But we do have the public expectation of security from our police and from our law enforcement agencies. So this creates a deterrent”

Ubiquitous surveillance and the tendency for individuals to communicate or be reported by associates ensure that perpetrators of political violence will be identified.

“even if you get away at the scene in in an era of mass surveillance and plus um >> well that's an interesting part of the charging document. It talks about how they have surveillance footage of him going up to the roof and leaving the roof but not of the shot happening.”

The prevalence of modern surveillance technology makes it virtually impossible for individuals to successfully commit and hide political assassinations.

“one thing that people should take away from this to that to that point is that you basically cannot get away with this in the United States anymore.”

Hasan argues that modern vehicles like Teslas contain sophisticated tracking and surveillance systems that should enable law enforcement to effectively monitor the vehicle's location and activity.

“No, I mean like this is not like a 1967 vehicle. This is a car that is basically a computer. And what that what I mean by that is like they have constant surveillance. They have the company that could actually provide a back door to law enforcement to offer constant surveillance to go back in the fo”

She supports public surveillance in specific areas because having data available can help solve crimes and save lives.

“So I like it because the more data you have to solve a crime better. Now, do they need to be everywhere? If there's a sensitive spot, I don't want one over like the the local pool or something. I do think we have to be smart about where we put them for people's some privacy.”