GOF: Chapter 2: More Privacy

The United States has been one of the countries that have done a lot in comparison to other countries in protecting their citizens privacy. They have implemented many acts to ensure their citizens privacy is ensured. One of first things was the creation of social security numbers, passports and identification cards. If you think about this many of these things are not to protect privacy it just helps them keep track of its citizens. Social security numbers are basically bar codes on humans. They keep track of where you work, bank, and where your money is spent even medical record. These records can also be sometimes considered to be public records because they are in government databases. What is the next step in government surveillance?