, ▁they ▁might ▁not ▁want ▁their ▁current ▁employ er ▁to ▁know ▁this . ▁Also ▁if ▁an ▁employ er ▁wishes ▁total ▁priv acy ▁to ▁watch ▁over ▁their ▁own ▁employee ▁and ▁secure ▁their ▁financial ▁information ▁it ▁may ▁become ▁impossible , ▁and ▁they ▁may ▁not ▁wish ▁to ▁h ire ▁those ▁under ▁surve ill ance . ▁The ▁most ▁concern ▁of ▁det r iment ▁is ▁se cur ing ▁the ▁lives ▁of ▁those ▁who ▁live ▁under ▁total ▁surve ill ance ▁will ingly , ▁educ ating ▁the ▁public ▁to ▁those ▁under ▁peace ful ▁watch ▁while ▁ident ifying ▁terror ist ▁and ▁those ▁who ▁use ▁the ▁same ▁surve ill ance ▁systems ▁and ▁mechan isms ▁in ▁opposition ▁to ▁peace , ▁against ▁civ ili ans , ▁and ▁to ▁disc lose ▁lives ▁removed ▁from ▁the ▁laws ▁of ▁the ▁land . ▁ ▁In ▁addition , ▁a ▁significant ▁risk ▁of ▁private ▁data ▁collection ▁st ems ▁from ▁the ▁fact ▁that ▁this ▁risk ▁is ▁too ▁much ▁unknown ▁to ▁be ▁readily ▁ass essed ▁today . ▁Storage ▁is ▁cheap ▁enough ▁to ▁have ▁data ▁stored ▁forever , ▁and ▁the ▁models ▁using ▁which ▁it ▁will ▁be ▁analyz ed ▁in ▁a ▁de cade ▁from ▁now ▁cannot ▁reason ably ▁be ▁for ese en . ▁ ▁In ▁December ▁ 2 0 1 7 , ▁the ▁Government ▁of ▁China ▁took ▁steps ▁to ▁opp ose ▁w ides p read ▁surve ill ance ▁by ▁security - company ▁cam eras , ▁web c ams , ▁and ▁IP ▁Camer as ▁after ▁tens - of - th ous ands ▁were ▁made ▁accessible ▁for ▁internet ▁view ing ▁by ▁IT ▁company ▁Q i ho