For example, in September 2007 the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) stated that we are "in danger of tipping into a genuine surveillance society completely alien to American values" with "the potential for a dark future where our every move, our every transaction, our every communication is recorded, compiled, and stored away, ready to be examined and used against us by the authorities whenever they want."
2007年9月，美国公民自由联盟（ACLU）认为，人们“正处于陷入监视型社会的真正危险中，这完全背离了美国的价值观”，并表示“在将来可能出现的黑暗社会，人们迈出的每一步、做的每一笔交易、进行的每一此通讯都会被记录、汇编并储存起来，并随时准备被当局用来对付我们。