I'm not so sure I agree. At least with our relatively benign government, there are certain checks and balances on the use of our data. Under "Little Brother", a

I'm not so sure I agree. At least with our relatively benign government, there are certain checks and balances on the use of our data. Under "Little Brother", any crackpot with a bizarre agenda would have carte blanche to observe and record your movements for whatever odd reason they saw fit. Imagine, for example, a web site with the names and photographs of everyone leaving a political meeting or an abortion clinic. Not nice. And in another Simpsons-related note, I wonder if Mr Doctorow has his own "Cory Hotline"...?!