The Book Obedience to Authority, by and about Milgram's experiments, should be redone, but instead of believing they were administering pain, participants should believe they are followed by creeps. First, the creep should be in the room with them, watching their every move and asking inappropriate questions but never answering any from the participant. Then a creep should be in a separate room watching but should be visible to the participant. Then the creep should no longer be visible but the participants told the creep is watching from the cameras, and shown a picture of the creep. Then the creep should be back in the room with the participants and explained that they are now watching their loved ones. And repeat the experiment from there, with the creep changing proximity to the participant but always reminded that they are watching either the participant, the participant's spouse or children, or someone else for whom they care.
Bottom line, people who want to watch strangers, especially with the intent to exploit them (and why else would someone want to watch strangers, really) is creepy. People forget that it's real life humans on the other side of these apps, watching them, gathering information. It's anti-social behavior that society has normalized, because the creeps just happen to not be standing in the room with the participants while they watch them.
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