Another tiny sign of the death of privacy

Facial recognition software has come a long way, and I've always been a little afraid of what it could do.  Now I'm contemplating a move to the country, where there is no such thing as cameras, and everyone travels in buggies.  This article discussed the capacity of a new system used to scan public camera systems to find faces.  And of course, the comments followed my exact fears: big brother has another tool to monitor your movement.  

This is another move away from the "privacy" of the past and toward the "privacy" of the future.  By that, I mean that people will become less and less secretive of their lives, unless they are doing something illicit.  They will only object or work around the system when they don't want people to see, of course setting off flags that they should be investigated.  

Is this a step toward big brother?  Yep, absolutely!  But I think that with the myriad of ways we currently tell people about our lives, we're looking at a tiny reduction of privacy.  Google tracks your IP to give you better search results.  Apps allow you to check in at a location.  Tweets are a new way to scream that you're not home.  

Over the next 50 years, x things will happen.  First, we will all become more accustomed to having our privacy invaded like ants under a microscope.  Second, all of the "disgusting" or "weird" things we occasionally hear about will be exposed.  Third, those newly uncovered proclivities will be accepted, provided they don't hurt anyone.  And finally, certain parts of the criminal code will be repealed as we discover that a huge number of people are already breaking laws, and don't want to stop.  

P.S. This last one is dependent, of course, on how much money is tied to it.  For instance, the states are unlikely to raise speed limits because they make too much money off speeding tickets, and/or will lose federal road-maintenance money.