How and Why the Benefits of Mass Surveillence are Overestimated While the Costs are Undermined Published 2020-09-02 on Anjan's Homepage How much surveillance till we are safe? Proponents of the current mass surveillance state are quick to point out that there is a trade off between security and privacy. The argument is - we live in such a dangerous world, we need to trade all if not most of our privacy for some sense of security. However, in this “trade off”, there is no criterion for whe...