Surveillance In 1984
Jared Day
Mr. Ruffolo
Perspectives 12
20 October 2014
Surveillance
It is safe to say that people live in an age where it is possible to say that one is alone and privacy doesn’t exist. People are always being watched, tracked, listened to, and investigated. In the book 1984 one of the main topics would be that “BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING YOU”
( 2). Wherever they go, they feel as if they are being watched. If not by the thought police, then they are being watched by the telescreens. A world where no one is safe, nor trusted.
In todays world, cameras capture the lives of millions of people as they go about their business. Computer records means there is information on everyone; information is stored and covers everything from: someones …show more content…
"You will work for a while, you will be caught, you will confess, and then you will die... There is no possibility that any perceptible change will happen within our own lifetime. We are the dead." (177) Surveillance is inescapable; no matter where someone goes, they will always get caught sooner or later.
Today, the advancement in surveillance secretly results in control of one’s life by the government and is hard to avoid in modern American society. The government collects phone and internet records from technology and communications companies. They track every phone call, purchases, emails, text messages, internet searches, social media communications, and more. If one wants privacy then it is best said by David Von Drehle that “Privacy is mostly an illusion”.
It is a fact that over 85% of computers worldwide are being monitored by government agencies, banks, corporations, and others too. They monitor and log peoples internet searches, personal e-mails, and much more. One of the main culprits of spying on people is the FBI. The FBI can spy on people through peoples webcams and can listen in on the mic as well without triggering the indicator light. Not only that, but the FBI can access all the data on someones personal computer, invading the lives of
Mr. Ruffolo
Perspectives 12
20 October 2014
Surveillance
It is safe to say that people live in an age where it is possible to say that one is alone and privacy doesn’t exist. People are always being watched, tracked, listened to, and investigated. In the book 1984 one of the main topics would be that “BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING YOU”
( 2). Wherever they go, they feel as if they are being watched. If not by the thought police, then they are being watched by the telescreens. A world where no one is safe, nor trusted.
In todays world, cameras capture the lives of millions of people as they go about their business. Computer records means there is information on everyone; information is stored and covers everything from: someones …show more content…
"You will work for a while, you will be caught, you will confess, and then you will die... There is no possibility that any perceptible change will happen within our own lifetime. We are the dead." (177) Surveillance is inescapable; no matter where someone goes, they will always get caught sooner or later.
Today, the advancement in surveillance secretly results in control of one’s life by the government and is hard to avoid in modern American society. The government collects phone and internet records from technology and communications companies. They track every phone call, purchases, emails, text messages, internet searches, social media communications, and more. If one wants privacy then it is best said by David Von Drehle that “Privacy is mostly an illusion”.
It is a fact that over 85% of computers worldwide are being monitored by government agencies, banks, corporations, and others too. They monitor and log peoples internet searches, personal e-mails, and much more. One of the main culprits of spying on people is the FBI. The FBI can spy on people through peoples webcams and can listen in on the mic as well without triggering the indicator light. Not only that, but the FBI can access all the data on someones personal computer, invading the lives of