It is both possible and being pursued actively. I believe the average user will accept it. The average user has an uncovered camera on the computer and almost everyone has an uncovered camera on the phone. Requiring a cookie banner notification did nothing but make it more annoying to use websites, with less accountability on the site administrator for all the questionable actions they can freely undertake, now with your consent! But it goes far beyond that - there will be cameras embedded in digital billboards/posters you walk past that track your gaze and provide targeted ads based on either facial ID or device ID, the ad effectively learning who you are through your leaky apps or always-on bluetooth.
This is what the smart city brings you. Mass surveillance. Billions of dollars in spytech. Police militarization. The destruction of privacy and human autonomy. These people play pathetic PR games with their meaningless snarky tweets while collecting paychecks to create the global smart prison that will be our new reality. A thousand eyes watching you at all times, your car, your watch, your phone, your face. Watching and listening. There will be no escape from the suffering. This is what the 5G network promises to escalate. It is a
surveillance network first and last, by design.
