PARANOID ALERT!
"Controlling people...is what the new world odor is all about."
Au contraire: controlling people who "have something to hide" is what it's all about...criminals.
The old adage: "the guilty dog barks first" applies here.
Of course paranod schizophrenics and manic depressives won't like this new "wrinkle on crime control" either, in as much as, they see spies hiding in breakfast cereal.
Law abiding citizens will welcome these measures which ultimately reduce crime and the costs that are usually passed on to them through higher prices which account for the "shrinkage" due from criminals and crime.
Technology marches on. And so do you Mr. Theif. Right on to prison for your dishonesty.
JACKASS ALERT!
"Au contraire: controlling people who "have something to hide" is what it's all about...criminals"
My position is that you may not be a criminal today but you will surely be one tomorrow as soon as we detect you doing something that we don't like. And, we have this handy technology to track you with when you do it.
"see spies hiding in breakfast cereal."
We see news articles describing new technology that offers wonderful opportunities to turn us all into something similiar to an individual in a beehive: Monitored 24/7 on the street and in the home.
Neither will people that love freedom and privacy.
actually compiling data on private citizens movements and activities which will never be destroyed and can be trotted out or used covertly at ANY TIME IN THE REST OF THAT PERSON'S LIFE should raise eyebrows. Just the mere awareness that such data exists and is being compiled will affect how some people engage in lawful activities they would rather keep private - yes, even law-abiding citizens sometimes desire privacy, including from the loving arms of the State.
There is a group that takes the attitude that privacy isn't important and it is ok for fedgov to know everywhere you went, everything you did, bought, etc., for the last 20 years, but they are a minority.
You make law abiding cattle sound almost appealing.
Speak for yourself.
You must be one of those sheep who believe in the adage "If you're not guilty, then you should have nothing to hide."
Those are the words of tyrants.
I will live my life by Franklin's words : "Those who give up essential liberties for security deserve neither".
Good luck marking the law abiding Christians with your tag.
But you go ahead and pony up and be tagged(and controlled).