The Surveillance Society & 10 Ways to thwart Big Brother

One of the issues the Course raises is that of surveillance and the potential abuses of technological development. There's an interesting article in the Observer by 'off grid' expert Nick Rosen on ways to thwart surveillance methods. Some of his suggestions may be seen as going to extreme lengths but nonetheless they raise some interesting points.
For an alternative view see David Brin's 'The Transparent Society' - mentioned in the comments on the Observer site by 'globalgypsy'.