From the essay: "Despite the problems described above, most of us remain safe. Prosecutors have limited resource [...]" This reminds me of the issue with warra

From the essay: "Despite the problems described above, most of us remain safe. Prosecutors have limited resource [...]" This reminds me of the issue with warrants and GPS tracking devices on cars. Police have argued that attaching a GPS tracker is no different than assigning a patrol car (or unmarked car) to tail a person. But there's a huge difference. Up until recently, our expectation was that assigning a tail was an investment of rather limited resources, thus giving us some assurance that police would be precluded from tailing anyone but bona fide suspects. With the proliferation of GPS devices -- the cost of which will most certainly continue to come down -- the number of people police can track approaches everybody. That's living in a very different world. Wait until prosecutors have the computing power to track people's activities and flag "crimes." The "Mother Teresa" parlor game will be made automatic and expand to include everyone. That will be a very different world, too.