it being that time of year, this reminds me of how children are being indoctrinated into the surveillance state by the “elf on the shelf” Christmas “toy”. My point being, these things creep up on a society in ways you don’t anticipate
I understand where you're coming from, but how is it different than parents telling kids that Santa is watching them?
If anything, I think it might help kids understand real-world surveillance better. Knowing that there's a device in their environment spying on them as part of a system versus magic man can see everything at all times because he's magic.