<P> Some critics state that the claim made by supporters should be modified to read: "As long as we do what we're told, we have nothing to fear .". For instance, a person who is part of a political group which opposes the policies of the national government, might not want the government to know their names and what they have been reading, so that the government cannot easily subvert their organization, arrest, or kill them . Other critics state that while a person might not have anything to hide right now, the government might later implement policies that they do wish to oppose, and that opposition might then be impossible due to mass surveillance enabling the government to identify and remove political threats . Further, other critics point to the fact that most people do have things to hide . For example, if a person is looking for a new job, they might not want their current employer to know this . Also if an employer wishes total privacy to watch over their own employee and secure their financial information it may become impossible, and they may not wish to hire those under surveillance . The most concern of detriment is securing the lives of those who live under total surveillance willingly, educating the public to those under peaceful watch while identifying terrorist and those who use the same surveillance systems and mechanisms in opposition to peace, against civilians, and to disclose lives removed from the laws of the land . </P> <P> In addition, a significant risk of private data collection stems from the fact that this risk is too much unknown to be readily assessed today . Storage is cheap enough to have data stored forever, and the models using which it will be analyzed in a decade from now cannot reasonably be foreseen . </P> <P> In December 2017, the Government of China took steps to oppose widespread surveillance by security - company cameras, webcams, and IP Cameras after tens - of - thousands were made accessible for internet viewing by IT company Qihoo </P> <P> Programs such as the Total Information Awareness program, and laws such as the Communications Assistance For Law Enforcement Act have led many groups to fear that society is moving towards a state of mass surveillance with severely limited personal, social, political freedoms, where dissenting individuals or groups will be strategically removed in COINTELPRO - like purges . </P>

Identify and describe the main types of personal surveillance