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I think part of this acceptance of the "well if it saves one [usually child's] life..." - it's extremely powerful but is deceptive as it devalues the value of freedom (or some similar trait).

Yeah, "think of the children" is a rhetorical technique but also a logical fallacy.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Think_of_the_children

Another variant of this is: "What, you don't want to catch the pedophiles?"

"Oh course there will be exceptions for politicians and authorized individuals, for national security reasons."

seems categorically different to have something beep vs informing law enforcement or w/e. and also don't think politicans are going to get cars without this installed

I think they forgot about children safety!