That's not just something from the movies though. Part of the patriot act compels libraries to provide information about who is checking out what books. SF publ

That's not just something from the movies though. Part of the patriot act compels libraries to provide information about who is checking out what books. SF public library has a page dedicated to how they will comply to those demands but also cannot inform people who's records they provide: https://sfpl.org/about-us/confidentiality-and-usa-patriot-act https://sfpl.org/about-us/confidentiality-and-usa-patriot-ac...