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Whether or not this program is effective is irrelevant to the question of whether the program should be used or even tested. You don't restrict someones freedom without a very good reason. This program fundamentally cannot provide any benefit that should make anyone even consider this as a reason.

The question here isn't whether or not it's effective, but whether or not it's an invasion of privacy.

The harm from the pervasive monitoring is greater than any benefit proposed: there's no need to run the trial to see if the benefit proposed is actually there, we already know it's outweighed by the harm.