We’re rushing headlong into a Brave New World and Big Brother is already watching. Police already track you by wide-area surveillance, thousands of networked street-level cameras, auto-scanning license plates, drones, and spy planes, but that is primitive compared to what’s coming. Computerized face recognition is already extremely accurate and fast. You can be matched against a nationwide database instantly. This technology will be integrated with the body cameras police now wear. You will be cataloged and tracked by your Universal Control Number (UCN). Yes, that’s really what it’s called.
In light of recent mass surveillance leaks, this program will certainly upset privacy-minded Americans.