I realize that it isn't morally right, but I think such data storage is inevitable. With the rise of instant communications, the amounts of data people generate are massive, and old school law enforcement can't keep up. Thus with the increase in technology, there's going to be an increase in counter-technology.
I guess what we need to ask ourselves now is whether we want any secrets at all. A true Panopticon -- a society where everyone could see what everyone else was doing -- might bring a "freedom" from certain types of subterfuge, and attack.
Then again, I don't want to live in it.
That leads us to the question of how we handle the flood of data when looking for hostile activity, because governments are certain to use available technology to trap, parse and search that flood.
I guess what we need to ask ourselves now is whether we want any secrets at all. A true Panopticon -- a society where everyone could see what everyone else was doing -- might bring a "freedom" from certain types of subterfuge, and attack.
Then again, I don't want to live in it.
That leads us to the question of how we handle the flood of data when looking for hostile activity, because governments are certain to use available technology to trap, parse and search that flood.