1984 Pros And Cons Essay

While reading the article, "After Boston: Pros and Cons of Surveillance Cameras", some eery similarities were made in correlation to George Orwell's novel, 1984. Today, technology is rapidly advancing, and unfortunately, due to recent events this advancement has been pushed in the wrong direction. The article best clarifies how advanced reconnaissance systems have been implemented in numerous urban communities such as London and New York. Like in the novel, 1984, it is a terrifying thought that someone could be watching another person at all times and actions could be taken based on the geometries of their face. As technology progresses and the government takes a larger approach towards surveillance a 1984 like dystopian future is a certain possibility.

Since 9/11 and other tragedies such as the Boston Marathon bombing surveillance in many ways has increased significantly. One of the most significant ways is through the use and implementation of high-tech security systems, "As the volume and quality of cameras and sensors increases, cities are turning to more advanced face and object recognition software to make sense of the data"(CNN2). One of
This would become a reality seeing how one could be checked on every minute of every day wherever they go, "What concerns me is if all of those cameras get linked together at some point, and if we apply facial recognition on the back end, we'll be able to track people wherever they go"(CNN3). If this were to become a reality the right to privacy will certainly be no more. Even the fundamental idea of freedom will come into question. It would simply fall into the doublethink category "Doublethink means the power of holding two contradictory beliefs in one's mind simultaneously, and accepting both of them"(Orwell 214). After all is one cannot be truly free if they are being constantly