This. Much like the famed movie-plot terrorist threat and "security theater" coinages, Schneier correctly points out again that this is a distraction. The imp

This. Much like the famed movie-plot terrorist threat and "security theater" coinages, Schneier correctly points out again that this is a distraction. The important detail is where we are inevitability headed, not the specifics of this or that technology. The use of the word "surveillance" to discuss this will become progressively more quaint because of the pejorative nature of that word, and the technologies that are the subject of this article will become ubiquitous, typical, and standard. The behavior of humans will change accordingly, well-behaved or otherwise.