In this different world of instability and unpredictability, this issue has its own value to be researched and explored.
As a member of Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE), I receive the 'IEEE spectrum magazine' monthly. On its July 2003 issue, I found that , security and government agencies are putting special tracking devices called localizer and surveillance cameras in our personal belongings to pinpoint our location. The scene of the above portrayed TV drama was collected from the magazine. According to the magazine, "This past January, the Gillette Co. (Boston) announced that it would purchase up to half a billion RF-ID (localizer) tags to put on its Mach3 and Venus razors and razor blades packages. The tags, which contain chips that respond to an RF (Radio frequency) field from a scanner, are now being used in a test by Wal-Mart stores Inc." The magazine says many benefits of these technologies including personal safety, convenience etc. but also says, "Before we can enjoy these benefits, we'll have to work out with some prickly privacy issues. The thorniest, arguably, concerns the fact that location technologies can theoretically create a trial of what you've been doing and where you've been doing it." Now the questions are who should be allowed to collect this data and when does it invade your privacy? What are the ethics of sharing this information? Should your health insurer have access to the fact that you drink an average of half a bottle of vodka in a day? Should your employer know that your call to say you're too sick to come to the work came form a ski resort? After considering all these questions I thought, some individuals have the right to invade one's privacy for greater interest.
I then tried the google.com search engine for specific information about this topic typing 'Security vs. Privacy'. The result came up with thousands of matching criteria.