A través de Smartmobs llego a un artículo de Popular Mechanics sobre sistemas de vigilancia y muestra los resultados de una prueba:
There's a man in Salt Lake City who knows what I did last summer. Specifically, he knows what I did on Aug. 24, 2007. He knows that I checked my EarthLink e-mail at 1:25 pm, and then blew a half an hour on ESPN's Web site. He also knows that my wife, Anne, wanted new shoes, from Hush Puppies or DSW, and that she synced her electronic planner—"she has quite a busy schedule," the man noted—and downloaded some podcasts. We both printed out passes for free weeklong trials at 24 Hour Fitness, but instead of working out, apparently spent the evening watching a pay-per-view movie. It was Bridge to Terabithia or Zodiac, he thinks.
Ese tipo de sistemas de inteligencia, sumados a las cámaras y similares, me hacen sentir que vivimos en un Panopticón esa carcel diseñada por Jeremy Bentham en 1791 donde se podía observar todo lo que hacían los prisioneros durante las 24 horas sin que ellos supieran si estaban siendo vigilados o no, generando ese sentimiento de omnipresencia vigilante que es peor aún que la de 1984.
