When you're in the security line at an airport, do you have to show ID?
Those and other questions are a matter of increased concern these days, as technology improvements and increased information sharing between law enforcement and other government agencies -- often under the auspices of the ambiguous "war on terror" -- brings us closer to the Orwellian/Dickian* world of constant surveillance and loss of privacy.
The Wired blog 27 b Stroke 6 follows these issues, checking in today with a great post on the airport security issue. Follow the link in the post where it says the Supreme Court upheld a Nevada law on showing your ID to police at any time. And know your first amendment rights.
* That's Phillip K. Dick I'm referring to. Clearly you can't use "Dickensenian" to refer to him. Perhaps "Dickene"... no.
technorati: privacy, surveillance, Wired
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