o ▁ ▁Total itar ian ism ▁ ▁Program s ▁such ▁as ▁the ▁Total ▁Information ▁A war eness ▁program , ▁and ▁laws ▁such ▁as ▁the ▁Communic ations ▁Ass istance ▁For ▁Law ▁En for cement ▁Act ▁have ▁led ▁many ▁groups ▁to ▁fear ▁that ▁society ▁is ▁moving ▁towards ▁a ▁state ▁of ▁mass ▁surve ill ance ▁with ▁sever ely ▁limited ▁personal , ▁social , ▁political ▁fre ed oms , ▁where ▁diss ent ing ▁individuals ▁or ▁groups ▁will ▁be ▁strateg ically ▁removed ▁in ▁CO IN TE L PRO - like ▁p urg es . ▁ ▁Kate ▁Martin , ▁of ▁the ▁Center ▁For ▁National ▁Security ▁Studies ▁said ▁of ▁the ▁use ▁of ▁military ▁sp y ▁sat ell ites ▁being ▁used ▁to ▁monitor ▁the ▁activities ▁of ▁U . S . ▁citizens : ▁" They ▁are ▁lay ing ▁the ▁br icks ▁one ▁at ▁a ▁time ▁for ▁a ▁police ▁state ." ▁ ▁Some ▁point ▁to ▁the ▁bl urr ing ▁of ▁lines ▁between ▁public ▁and ▁private ▁places , ▁and ▁the ▁priv at ization ▁of ▁places ▁tradition ally ▁seen ▁as ▁public ▁( such ▁as ▁sho pping ▁m alls ▁and ▁industrial ▁par ks ) ▁as ▁illustr ating ▁the ▁increasing ▁leg ality ▁of ▁collect ing ▁personal ▁information . ▁Tra vel ing ▁through ▁many ▁public ▁places ▁such ▁as ▁government ▁offices ▁is ▁hardly ▁optional ▁for ▁most ▁people , ▁yet ▁consum ers ▁have ▁little ▁choice ▁but ▁to ▁submit ▁to ▁companies ' ▁surve ill ance ▁practices . ▁Sur ve ill ance ▁techniques ▁are ▁not ▁created ▁equal ; ▁among ▁the ▁many ▁bi ometric ▁identification ▁techn ologies , ▁for ▁instance , ▁face ▁recognition