Essay On NSA Surveillance

“Under observation, we act less free, which means we effectively are less free.” People have been living in a world where technology controls them.. What they do not know is that the NSA has been treating people as if they were criminals. Do we really have freedom when the NSA is collecting and reading more than 200 million messages per day. Has our 4th amendment been overthrown by NSA? A country is not free, if its citizens are constantly being spied on. In the present day, people surround themselves in technology compared to the novel 1984 where people have no choice but to have a telescreen in their houses and in their workplaces. The novel accurately portrayed the NSA Surveillance problem because it shows how the government spies on its citizens, it effectively describes the ways
It shows how they do not have privacy because they have to be watched 24/7. “Now we can see you”(Orwell 222). Shows us how in the real world they use surveillance to watch our phones, emails, and messages. NSA has proved that they have power over us and we cannot do anything about it. Our privacy is the most important thing we have and it shows how the NSA is breaking our rights by collecting our data, and listening to everything we do or say. Edward Snowden said “Arguing that you don't care about the right to privacy because you have nothing to hide is no different than saying you don't care about freedom of speech because you have nothing to say”(Snowed). People who use technology are uncomfortable with the NSA invading people’s privacy. Believing that they are doing it for the good of the country. In the novel, they show us two kinds of people Big Brother (NSA) Thought Police (Companies) both help out one another to capture people and what they do. People say you can be alone in your thoughts but that may not be true because “Big Brother” is watching