>Probably, but I think you are giving most bad actors too much credence. Tyler Robinson took several precautions to cover his trail in his assassination of Charlie Kirk—but he also told many individuals about his plan on discord, as well as other non-encrypted channels, etc. Not all bad actors are sophisticated in the same way.

you're comparing organized crime, which this is supposed to combat - with a lone gunman. Stupid criminals will always exist.

>Still, again, if the threat is big enough, I am curious to ponder what role individuals would want government to take in using surveillance to reduce actual human deaths in terror attacks (or any type of attack, for that matter).

the purpose of this isn't to stop deaths. It is to entrench state power, increase agencies budget... and as they have to demonstrate that they are useful it will turn either into totalitarian hellhole with plenty 'making example of' public cases... or some attacks will go through on purpose to justify their budget after cuts...