[stormbrew]

Once upon a time if you had a pager you were probably a drug dealer, unless you were obviously a doctor. Social mores change, and so far they have trended towards accepting more and more invasive and distracting gadgets. I don't see any reason to think the line in the sand is here instead of the 10 other places people thought it might be up to now.

I also don't think it's a bad thing, mind you. We're heading into an age of mass surveillance whether we like it or not. If we're going there we may as well go there with defensive, personally controllable (even if not secure), devices to go with it. Who watches the watchers and all that.