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Before Sept. 11, the idea that Americans would voluntarily agree to live their lives under the gaze of a network of biometric surveillance cameras, peering at them in government buildings, shopping malls, subways and stadiums, would have seemed unthinkable, a dystopian fantasy of a society that had surrendered privacy and anonymity.

Jeffrey Rosen

Before Sept. 11, the idea that Americans would voluntarily agree to live their lives under the gaze of a network of biometric surveillance cameras, peering at them in government buildings, shopping malls, subways and stadiums, would have seemed unthinkable, a dystopian fantasy of a society that had surrendered privacy and anonymity.

Tags: american society, biometrics, constitution, constitutional rights, dystopia, fourth amendment, liberty, privacy, september 11 attacks, surveillance

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About Jeffrey Rosen

Jeffrey Rosen may refer to:

Jeffrey Rosen (legal academic) (born 1964), U.S. academic and commentator on legal affairs
Jeffrey Rosen (businessman), American billionaire businessman
Jeffrey A. Rosen (born 1958), U.S. lawyer who served as Deputy Attorney General, acting Attorney General, and Deputy Secretary of Transportation
Jeffrey F. Rosen, Santa Clara County District Attorney in the 2015 criminal case People v. Turner
Jeffrey M. Rosen, American cancer researcher