So, readers, having read that, are any of you even remotely concerned? I know I am.
What scares me is that the definition of "bad guy" could get very slippery. In a way it already is.
I think the following from Skyfall is a very accurate quote:
"I'm frightened because our enemies are no longer known to us. They do not exist on a map. They're not nations, they're individuals. And look around you. Who do you fear? Can you see a face, a uniform, a flag? No! Our world is not more transparent now, it's more opaque! It's in the shadows."
You could get detained because you "look like" someone. And if its false, will the authorities apologize, and what if such a detention affects your life/career? What then?
Yet we are almost blindly accepting these things. That's even scarier. All this is being done in the name of "security", but ask yourself, what are we potentially giving up? I'm not sure I want to know the answer.
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