As the world around us becomes more and more saturated with sensors (not least of which the ones we carry around with us), and the more the transactions of our

As the world around us becomes more and more saturated with sensors (not least of which the ones we carry around with us), and the more the transactions of our lives require submitting to these sensors, the less compelling is the "well, you don't have to sign up" argument. Technology today is more like language than product. There is no law requiring that you speak, or even learn how to speak; but if you choose not to speak you consign yourself to an underclass of mutes.