Items about privacy, transparency, freedom, anonymity, cryptology.

Notes:

panopticon
Satellite imaging
Thermal imaging of homes
GPS tracking devices used by law enforcement
Total Information Awareness policy of the US gov't.
Ubiquitous cameras and cell phones will reduce crime
Ubiquitous cameras will document specific events, also background recording
New norms of propriety will emerge to influence what is recorded and how this information is handled.
Critically important that transparency not be one-sided and only in the hands of "power".
Is technology increasing the power of the people faster than the the power of the government?

Witch hunts are an example of fear of the "dangerous" unknown.

Worrying about "your crazy neighbor" is another example of the "dangerous" unknown.

Power to observe

Transparent Society or Orwell's 1984 - any other choice? (Everyone getting nice and peaceful doesn't seem to be a realistic one.)