There are cameras on every street. Private phones can be tapped. Every electronic device is open to monitoring, and a hundred or more companies, governments and secret organizations can and are accumulating all this information on individuals into a huge database of discrete files which a simple algorithm can use to divine anyone's actions. The wake of 9/11 has brought the likes of The Patriot Act in many countries, curtailing privacy and enhancing the legal tools for governments to spy on their own citizens. Examples of Sinister Surveillance include: