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As a final point, after evaluating “Panopticism” I would say that Apple is very panoptic institution. Even Though every own a cellphone and we know that we can be monitored through cellphones. But we still choose to risk our privacy to benefit ourselves. It is a mutual relationship between people and Apple institution. We use cellphones to stay connected with people but agencies like NSA they use this technology to catch criminals and to make people aware that they are watching everything we do. In “Panopticism” Foucault writes how Panopticon is used throughout history to discipline people as well as saying the way Panopticon is used changes over time. Before, Panopticon was used in prisons to discipline people but now in present days it is

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