Does the elimination of people's privacy advance their safety?

That is the perfect question!

I've just started writing part 2. It looks into data mining and how it keeps people safe in theory. We will find that it is ineffective and, therefore, not likely to be worth the elimination of everyone's privacy and the problems it creates. If I decide to take it in this direction, the third installment will examine the ways by which surveillance reduces freedom. Or at least that's the unrefined plan at this point.