But although the government sometimes makes scarily efficient use of technology, it sometimes does the opposite by failing to make use of technology, with terrible consequences for personal freedom.

• 可是，尽管政府有时能以惊人的效率利用技术，有时他们也会走向反面----不但不能把技术利用好，还会带来侵犯个人自由的严重后果。