There is that concept that people are comfortable with surveillance, even want it. A maybe somewhat fringe pop cultural reference to that is in Deus Ex (2000), the best video game made so far:

> JC Denton: "Some people just don't understand the dangers of indiscriminate surveillance."

> Morpheus: "The need to be observed and understood was once satisfied by God. Now we can implement the same functionality with data-mining algorithms."

> JC Denton: "Electronic surveillance hardly inspires reverence. Perhaps fear and obedience, but not reverence."

> Morpheus: "God and the gods were apparitions of observation, judgment and punishment. Other sentiments towards them were secondary."

> JC Denton: "No one will ever worship a software entity peering at them through a camera."

> Morpheus: "The human organism always worships. First, it was the gods, then it was fame (the observation and judgment of others), next it will be self-aware systems you have built to realize truly omnipresent observation and judgment."

One can watch it at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1b-bijO3uEw, but it's stronger when experienced as part of the game.