Agree with that, definately the level of civil liberty we currently enjoy is a short term thing.
The main tools that will be used to get the public to agree to proper tagging will include:
Fear (of the bnp if you are brown, and of the islam4uk if you are white)
Hate (of immigrants)
Hope (that it will increase job prospects)
Stupidity (I think they are already home and dry with most PF users)