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That will end up becoming an interesting court case, followed by a set of laws, followed by a court case, until such a thing is almost certainly illegal (in the United States), by pressure of societal desire alone.

One could do something similar with facial recognition software, but if someone tried to make a large business out of it, I'm sure there would be significant friction.

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Which is why it should be done in the most outrageous fashion by someone who cares about privacy.

Maybe that's what is needed to get people to realize just what the next decade or two have in store.

You're trying to get the frog to jump out of the pot before it is too late but you're underestimating the degree to which it has already become drowsy.

there may be significant friction and even laws against it, but the government, behind closed doors would pay you a significant sum for your company to continue doing it and I would wager would lobby the government to pass bills to not only make it legal, but protect its legality.

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