Foreword
Published more than half a century ago, George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four was a cautionary tale about the dangers of totalitarian government fueled by high technology. In 2003, new surveillance systems being designed to combat terrorism are raising privacy questions and prompting Americans to recalculate the trade-offs between security and freedom.In today’s computerized world, citizens have grown accustomed to the reality of video cameras in banks, subway stations, and other public places, but perhaps not as accepting of a new type of technology called "data surveillance" — the gathering of information about an individual that can be assembled into a picture…
