Big Brother gone digital

Our friend Russel Buckley from across the Atlantic discusses the increased opportunity for corporate and government interference into private lives through new technologies in "The Death Knell of Privacy". He decries businesses used tracking devices to track their employees internet usage. He broadens the discussion into one about privacy including the debate of carrying National ID cards in theUK that had also surfaced here in the states. The installation of cameras in public locations as well as the availability of camera phones has also reduced peoples personal privacy.
The question this raises in my mind is one of government intrusion. Can the government track my internet usage? can they see where I have taken my cell phone? Whenever I use E-Z pass to pay a toll, can they get those records to see where I've been? We get so wrapped up in the convenience of technology but seem to forget that were leaving a paper trail. Now, I"m not saying the government cares about a what I've been doing in all of the above scenarios. . . I just simply am scared of the day that for some odd reason they do start caring.

With that said, when I drive to work on Monday and pass through the toll booths. . . I"m still using my EZ pass.