Comment by pessimizer

You can do things far more interesting than that with the dossiers on everyone that absolutely exist right now and that algorithms are constantly being run over. You can frame people for crimes for which you know they will have no defense, exactly like the Stasi did, and privately confront them about it. As they plead their innocence, tell them that you want to believe them, and if they can do a little work for you, they'll not only be arrested, but be rewarded! How would you like a job at Mother Jones, or the Guardian?