Around a decade ago, Microsoft opened up the whole can of worms of private mass surveillance. Retrospectively, it was probably a bad decision and it sold the idea of violating someone's right to privacy as a tool of convenience for chasing crime.

Then, we get takes like this, where someone reckons that the government spying on people is not surveillance at all.
QT: https://qoto.org/@olives/112654091286368704