Foucault did not come up with the idea of the panopticon. The credit for it goes to Jeremy Bentham, who died nearly a hundred years before Foucault was born.
oops indeed. I get them mixed up since I learned about them at the same time.
I still think panopticlick is an excellent title choice. Isn't it (behavioral modification because of tracking) the real hack at work here, not just how many bits are leaked by your browser?
