The future is not quite yet a boot stamping down on the human face forever, but it seems that the present has become an ever-watchful eye relentlessly observing that human face.
I was going to write a long rant about the latest trampling of the fourth amendment, but
a Canadian writer at a UK tech publication did a better job than I , although obviously the article has an outsider slant.
Terrorism is terrible, but it doesn't abridge our liberties. Our government does that through its response to terrorism. I just donated again to the EFF and the ACLU, you may want to consider doing the same.