Not so unaware
As usual, the politicians just have to present the information. It isn't they who research the issue and offer the options, and those that do have a variety of vested interests for various reasons: the solution providers, whether they have a working solution or not, to keep their shareholders happy; the police, who have been so hypnotised by automation that they would like to apply it to all areas of their duty, and the unelected civil servants who want access to that data without the inconvenience of having to justify it to the public. In the meantime we are watched, gathered, sorted and filed in ways that we are not aware of, 'just in case'. Privacy has become an obstacle to be overcome to achieve ends, and one that just needs the occasional explosion to justify its circumnavigation.