The fear of increasing exposure on the Internet contrasts with the increasing number of people blogging. We are simultaneously afraid of being watched and becoming more exhibitionist.

"'Data mining' of all that information and communication is at the heart of the furor over the recent disclosure of government snooping. U.S. President George W. Bush and his aides have said his executive order allowing eavesdropping without warrants was limited to monitoring international phone and e-mail communications linked to people with connections to al-Qaeda. What has not been acknowledged, according to the Times, is that NSA technicians combed large amounts of phone and Internet traffic seeking patterns pointing to terrorism suspects."