> https://www.poder360.com.br/justica/pcc-tinha-acesso-a-siste...

Learn from Brazil, folks. Brazilian terrorists managed to get access to the mass surveillance system. I literally cannot think of a better argument against mass surveillance.

> both governments and private institutions have pushed for the contrary, more so in recent years.

Yeah...

Brazil in particular will only ever double down on totalitarianism. If people are stepping out of line so brazenly like that, then clearly it's because the boot of the state isn't stepping on their faces hard enough. Lula's government is on the record praising "the chinese model".

Gonna need more surveillance, more data collection, more vague and expansive laws, more judicial activism, more everything.