Well, I think the original post was intended to express concern over the misuse of technology -- not the technology itself. I'm not worried about the "technology" itself. Technology is value neutral. Using (any) technology toward a particular end is not. I'm worried about a corrupt and totalitarian state using its considerable (and coercive) resources to deprive me of liberty and privacy. I'm more worred that people don't seem to care about this and diminish concern over them as "conspiracy theories" or "lunacy".