Given the technology in this world, it's pretty interesting that all you have to do (usually) is engage the GPS in someone's phone to find them. It's also interesting that many people are alright with having traffic cameras and different surveillance functions regularly keep track of their whereabouts. I read that Google had a car with a camera on it going everywhere taking pictures of people ... and the Bing "bird's eye" view really isn't much better.
Sure there's a part of it that keeps you safe, that lets you know where you are and where you're going but here's something I don't understand. What do you do when you don't want to be found anymore? How do you go off the grid? Or do people not want to 'go off the grid' anymore ... ? I haven't been much outside of New York yet so I don't actually know if it's possible. Your cell towers seem to reach in all the places. If I had GPS to locate the war criminals I was after, my job would have been done much sooner and I could have gone home.
It's a fine line to walk, giving up certain freedoms for certain protections.
But I'm learning the train systems. And I got a driver's license so I can rent a jeep.