Privacy: problem or opportunity?

With so much face data available on Facebook and already the ability to detect faces almost close to real time, this is a major problem to the future freedom of humanity. What's next?

What I see, it's a challenge in the evolution of humanity. We are being asked "What the role of government ought to be?", but more specifically, "What absolute rights does a human being have?". The more practical problem presented can be bluntly stated as "Now that government can identify everybody, what is the counter-balancing force?".

It's impossible to stop a trend dead in its tracks, but it is possible to get control of it and steer it another way. Perhaps the trend of increased connectivity and connectiveness coupled with greater diversification and hence the search for direction has boosted the drive for more freedom.

The trend remains to be seen.