Experiments in digitizing and running neural wetware under emulation are well established; some radical libertarians claim that, as the technology ma… - Charles Stross

You say paranoia, I say surveillance state. Worried about being tracked by hidden cameras stealthy air-borne remotely piloted vehicles, and chips implanted in your skull? You’re merely a realist.

Freedom?" The word tastes bitter. "What's freedom ever done for me? Seems to me I've been free almost all my life, but what has it gotten me? Really?"
She's silent for only a moment. "Ask not what it's gotten you, kid. Ask what it's saved you from."

The American mainstream news media have so far steered well clear of the subject because the phenomenon has been enthusiastically embraced by the talk radio fringe, leading to a death spiral of diminishing credibility.