Been on the mind and the dream police haven't found out
It seems we are in one of those epochal times of history. This may go down as when we relented to ubiquitous digital intrusions into our lives. We are not at "1984", yet. But it can't be far around the corner unless we wake up to the importance and severity of what is happening. The portent can be realized by thinking of the mounds of government mandated personal information that has migrated to the private sector. Then think about the government's ability to access your personal information. Not hard to imagine some sort of totalitarian alliance of the government and the corporations.
Ain't a pretty picture: But that is essentially what the telecoms and BushCo did.