When China did this, this was seen as a terrible violation of rights....

Now that we do this hundreds of times a day, it has become routine.

This is still not fully supported by law. It is becoming normalized indeed, especially by the current admin. Let's hope this is not going to become widely used or that it doesn't stay permanently, eg. it gets at least restricted to some type of crime by future administrations.

It won’t be restricted until the people push against it to a point where it becomes too politically expensive to not restrict.