About 1950 ( I was too young to know the date) my grandfather was accused of being a communist by the heads of the CIO. He had been elected the first president of the electrical workers and machinists at RCA and the powers that existed at the time were extremely unhappy with his election. The main problem seems to have been over the racist hiring policies of the unions. My grandfather was not a racist and the Electrical workers and Machinists were considered the most racist union in the country. In 1949, they tried to kill him by running him down as he stood on the curb in front of his house. RCA responded by closing the plant and the people of Camden County responded by electing my grandfather to the State Assembly. He only served one term because the CIO accused him of being a communist and reported him to the HUAC. The FBI followed him the rest of his life, opened all his mail and talked to everyone who knew him, including at his church where he was a deacon. (communists were not permitted to attend church, let alone be deacons). My mother lived the rest of her life in fear of the government.
Idiots that claim they don't care because they have done nothing wrong and have nothing to hide would be the first to go completely nuts with someone watching their every move.
They would be so overcome with fear they wouldn't be able to function in the real world.
The “I have nothing to hide crowd” also doesn't understand sooner or later they have to justify the expense of dogging you for your every move and then they will just create a crime.
In my case they tried planting dope in my truck.
Lucky I found it. I'm not sure, but I believe a guy that worked for US Customs may have been the one that save my bacon by putting a box of empty beer cans in back of my truck so I would find the dope when I cleaned the beer cans out.
I've tried telling people what it's like living in what can only be described as a police state but they didn't want to listen.
Now people are learning the hard way.