Everyone seems to suggest the above narratives, but in truth this is just not the case. Maybe for 0.0000001% of the time it is the narratives above. But the truth is, if Putin or Jay Jones wants someone dead he will get the right spy and do it without a massive surveillance net.
No, the vast majority of the use case is stopping crime that today we can't stop. I want the crime to stop.
And, in a safe country like this one (I am in the United States but most developed countries are pretty safe), if a little petty crime is so scary
to them that they need a mass surveillance network to sleep at night... I don't see any reason why the public should have to sacrifice potential freedoms for that weakness.
No, the vast majority of the use case is stopping crime that today we can't stop. I want the crime to stop.