The issue is that the results of this kind of insidious government surveillance becomes a predicate to dig deeper still into the private affairs of groups or individuals who are perceived as opponents of the government.
I personally believe that Dementia Joe, Drunk Nancy, Auntie Maxine, Allie Cortez, and the giggling idiot vice president could use some revenge scrutiny, but as a general principle the entire thing is extremely authoritarian communist.
Which is to say it's standard operating procedure for douchebag democrats.