"Omer Tene, chief knowledge officer at the International Association of Privacy Professionals, spoke of the possibility of function creep, where the use of a technology expands beyond its original purpose.
"Function creep is a well-known phenomenon when dealing with new technologies and institutions. For example, the surveillance infrastructure set up post 9/11 lingered for many years after the crisis was over and in some respects is still with us today," he told Newsweek."