More on "the end of privacy"

This article is surprising to me only in that it is so close to being an everyday reality. In fact, it's been my belief for some time that the day is approaching when you will walk down the street and and more or less instantly know the identities and other relevant (or completely irrelevant) information about the people walking past you - and they'll know it about you.

I wrote more on the issue of personal privacy in a culture of advanced technologies here if you missed it earlier.