Summary: The Surveillance Used By Big Brother

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Tien Nguyen Per.3 May 1, 2015 The Surveillance Used by Big Brother The surveillance in the book 1984 has many similarities to our government and society today. The government can spy on us by looking at our texts and what we doing on the internet anytime they want. They also look at us through video recording from stores and street. Police have also been found to violate our privacy as well. Advancements in technology have revolutionized the way we as a society communicate and function. Most of us don’t think much about it, but the truth is that people are being watched, tracked and monitored more today than at any other time in human history. Camera’s play an important role in keeping our society under surveillance. All these technologies…show more content…
The family had become in effect an extension of the Thought Police.” – Page 140 Then again, the government doesn’t really need to spy on you using your smart TV when the FBI can remotely activate the microphone on your cellphone and record your conversations. The FBI can also do the same thing to laptop computers without the owner knowing any better. Government surveillance of social media such as Twitter and Facebook is on the rise. Americans have become so accustomed to the government overstepping its limits that most don’t even seem all that bothers anymore about the fact that the government is spying on our emails and listening in our phones calls. “In a place like this, the danger that there would be a hidden microphone was very small, and even if there was a microphone it would only pick up sounds.” – Page 141 Drones, which will begin to take to the skies in masses this year, will be the converging point for all of the weapons and technology already available to law enforcement agencies. This mean drones that can listen in on your phone calls, see through walls of your home, scan your biometrics, photograph you and track your

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