John Sundman wrote:
> Spike proposes wearing clever disguises to fool big brother. Walk down the
> street in pancake makeup and eyebrow lifters! Duck behind corners when the
> camera swings your way! Wear human-skin gloves with fake fingerprints!
> There's freedom for you!...
No, the real point is that at some point we (and the British) must just say no to the government. The colonists did it, in the form of tea in the harbor. I know I am a strange one to be pointing this out, being as I was an early advocate of universal surveillance, however, I have come pi radians on this issue, and now realize that universal surveillance should apply *only to the willing*, those who will gladly give up all privacy in exchange for something else. For those whose privacy is being taken against their will, I wish to use my inventivess to defeat those mechanisms which take away privacy. The mechanical face-modification jazz was a bit of a comedic riff, by the way. {8^D spike