Why a Surveillance Society Clock? Surveillance is an urgent
issue. That isn't always obvious amid the constant blur of new
technologies and one-day privacy stories, but when you step back
it is clear we are at a crucial moment for the future of privacy
and freedom, in danger of tipping into a genuine surveillance
society completely alien to American values. That is why the
ACLU has made this new Surveillance Clock – to dramatize the
urgent situation we face. Make a Difference Your support helps
the ACLU defend privacy rights and a broad range of civil
liberties. Amazing new technologies enter our lives at such a
steady pace that we have gotten used to constant change – change
that often comes to us wrapped in the promise (and often the
reality) of pleasing new conveniences and efficiencies. Yet the
dark side of new technologies is usually slower to emerge – and
often builds in the shadows, without an advertising budget or
corporate cheerleader to thrust it into public view. It doesn't
require some apocalyptic