[Humbug]

This reminded me of an Asimov quote: "The advance of civilisation is nothing but an exercise in the limiting of privacy." -Asimov, Foundation's Edge

It's only going to get worse as technology continues to improve (see nanotechnology).

[southern bale]

Bush signs nanotechnology research, development bill into law

Dec 03 15:13 - AP - AP Wire Service

WASHINGTON (AP) _ President George W. Bush signed a bill Wednesday to invest $3.7 billion for work in nanotechnology, the science of building electronic circuits and devices from single atoms and molecules.

The bill, which authorizes the money over four years, puts into law programs for research and development aimed at finding ways that nanotechnology can detect and treat disease, monitor the environment, and produce and store energy. The legislation is designed to help develop breakthroughs in nanotechnology that will lead to new products, new businesses, new jobs and new industries.

Nanotechnology is the ability to work at the atomic and molecular levels _ at scales, for example, that are about 1/100,000th the diameter of a human hair.

AP-WS-12-03-03 1510EST

[StriperSniper]

"No, Observer," said Grendibal sharply. "You will not do this.The people on Terminus know where you are. You have a hyper-relay on your ship which you cannot remove, have you not?"

"Yes Speaker."

"...Your hyper-rely will tell Terminus that you have left for a specific point hundreds of parsecs away and returned..." -Asimov, Foundation's Edge

The future of Onstar.

;-)