"I always feel like somebody's watching me, and I have no privacy?", sang Rockwell in his 80's electro classic.

And if he was feeling paranoid back then, what must he be going through in todays security obsessed times?

But as it doesn't look like things are going to get better anytime soon - pensioners are reportedly having their shampoo seized before boarding flights at Heathrow this week - we may have no choice but to embrace the new world order.

Take the baby.com revolution now being planned by the world's finest computer brains who envisage the babies of the future having a web address (as opposed to a national insurance number) that becomes your life's record, allowing you to build a complete history of medical, educational, personal and financial records for example.

Or the use of black-box technology launched this month by morethan.com which will allow drivers betweeen the ages of 18-25 to cut 40% off standard driving rates. The catch is that premiums increase on a 'pay-as-you-go' basis (pay to drive between 11pm-6am), with your every movement being recorded by an in-car blackberry-style device.

And if all that isn't enough then you might want to catch this weekend's cinema release of A Scanner Darkly, a nightmarish vision of constant surveillance starring Keanue Reeves and Winona Ryder.

Still not convinced? Well at least we're safe from terrorists, right?