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Flying to Atlanta?
Seat sensors can tell pilots if a passenger has a deadly blood clot or is planning to hijack the plane.
Pet dog missing?
Apple co-founder Stephen Wozniak knows where it is.
Skipping the car's emission testing or registration, or canceling the insurance?
The Department of Motor Vehicles is watching.
It is reminiscent of George Orwell's futuristic Big Brother in his book "1984" and it's all possible now thanks to technology being developed or on the market in the United States and Europe.
"We've reached a point where a '1984' surveillance society is technologically possible, and that trend was accelerated by the events of September 11," said Barry Steinhardt, director of technology and liberty programs at the American Civil Liberties Union.
"The technology is developing at the speed of light, but the laws that protect us go back to the stone ages," Mr. Steinhardt said.
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