The fact that this technology exists might make decision makers feel compelled to always to add as much surveillance as possible and acting on it as diligently as possible. Because it's their responsibility to create safety. And the most short term solution is to always enact more control over everything.

The fact that weapons exist, might make some people feel compelled to always shoot as much as possible.

Sure, these people exist. They are dangerous.

Adding more and more safety and control is always a self-defeating policy. It always ends with creating uncontrollable societal discord.

Same thing with unfettered capitalism, the systems only work if we continue to support said systems. When the rules break down, so do the desires of the collective to maintain said systems.