The Dangers of Surveillance, written by Neil M. Richards, Professor of Law at Washington University in St. Louis, was recently published on the Social Science Research Network. Richards proposed “four principles that should guide the future development of surveillance law” He said we must first recognize that: “Surveillance transcends the public-private divide;” that “secret surveillance is illegitimate;” “total surveillance” and that “surveillance is illegitimate” The courts may understand that surveillance could be potentially harmful, but “have struggled to clearly understand why””]