Reading the first paragraph immediately reminds me of the The Quantum Thief by Hannu Rajaniemi.<p>In it, there&#x27;s a colony where every conceivable surface is covered with sensors that monitor every aspect of life. It&#x27;s stored encrypted in a publicly available database that anyone can query (if you have the requisite encryption key that is).<p>Very interesting to consider that such a database might not be that far off into the future.