Privacy

The technetronic era involves the gradual appearance of a more controlled society. Such a society would be dominated by an elite, unrestrained by traditional values. Soon it will be possible to assert almost continuous surveillance over every citizen and maintain up-to-date complete files containing even the most personal information about the citizen. These files will be subject to instantaneous retrieval by the authorities - Zbigniew Brzezinski, in Between Two Ages: America's Role in the Technetronic Era (1970).

have never really understood why people object to being filmed when they are in public spaces. Isn't the whole point about a public space that it is, well, public? - Matthew Taylor http://www.matthewtaylorsblog.com/public-policy/privacy-on-parade/?utm_…

The technetronic era involves the gradual appearance of a more controlled society. Such a society would be dominated by an elite, unrestrained by traditional values. Soon it will be possible to assert almost continuous surveillance over every citizen and maintain up-to-date complete files containing even the most personal information about the citizen. These files will be subject to instantaneous retrieval by the authorities - Zbigniew Brzezinski, in Between Two Ages: America's Role in the Technetronic Era (1970).

All progress is based upon a universal innate desire on the part of every organism to live beyond its income - Samuel Butler

have never really understood why people object to being filmed when they are in public spaces. Isn?t the whole point about a public space that it is, well, public? - Matthew Taylor http://www.matthewtaylorsblog.com/public-policy/privacy-on-parade/?utm_…