>>http://www.wired.com/2014/12/government-computer-security/
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>>Short article, well worth the read.
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>While I gave up on reading this guy (his characters and plots are too bizarre for my taste, too ephemeral, no protagonists... just agonists), this time he's right. Specially about the medical/prosthetic part. That venue was always used as a way to introduce computers into our daily life which then somehow failed to become commonplace aid (I remember seeing a practically robotic palm which would have somehow attach straight to the nerves - of yugoslav production back in the sixties, never heard of again) but rather found its way into becoming a weapon or means of surveillance. Just remember recent pleas to have our cats and dogs supplied with a chip, so they don't get lost - well, nowadays we here have such chips on all cows. And possibly cars. What good is that? Well, control. I can easily imagine that a getaway car may be disabled by police, thus avoiding the chase and numerous wrecks along the way... but then also (and that's where Doctorow is right, IMO) I can imagine that such a thing, once becoming available, will be used on a whim - to, say, prevent the next batch of protesters gathering, or a dissenter arriving at a candidate's press conference where he may ask unlisted questions.
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>I simply don't like where this is going. Time to re-read 1984 and check for marks of progress in real life.

You beat me to the 1984 comment. That's exactly what this sounds like.