Well, I don't think you have to threaten people to make them behave. I think most people are decent and responsible, and can be convinced if they understand the dangers. I'm not convinced threatening the ones who couldn't be convinced will actually be helpful. I am fairly hostile to anyone threatening me even to agreeable ends. Regardless of whether I'm right about all that, it kinda misses the point: the means are unacceptable. These systems will creep and overstep while empowering stalkers and tyrants at multiple level of government. They will antagonize both people who've done nothing wrong and those who have but would prefer to quietly reform.

It doesn't really matter how just your ends are when your means enable horrific outcomes.