Is our present society in danger of becoming the dystopian society displayed in the novel 1984? With all the different modern and quickly developing technology it could slowly, but surely, overtime become our new society. Also, throughout history the government and their range of power has only increased along with the citizens’ dependency on the government as time passed. This dependency allows the government to gain more power and control over the country. Technology just makes this easier along with abusing the power given by the country’s citizens. Our society could be in danger of becoming a society like the society in the novel 1984 because of technical advances that could give the government more control to watch its citizens with
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The police in the dystopian society of 1984 uses this type of technology for surveillance, “In the far distance a helicopter skimmed down between the roofs, hovered for an instant like a bluebottle, and darted away again with a curving flight. It was the Thought Police, snooping into people’s windows” (Orwell, 2). In today’s society the use of drones has become increasingly popular for both entertainment and government use. Not only do local law enforcements use them in some states, but the FBI, one of the top government agencies, has admitted to using them as well, “FBI Director Robert Mueller acknowledged the law enforcement agency uses drone aircraft in the United States for surveillance in certain difficult cases” ( ). The development of drones makes spying on people without being physically there, and most likely not be detected, just that much easier. This makes it easier for our own government to be able to spy on its citizens without them ever knowing it is …show more content…
In the novel 1984 the citizens were always visually watched by the government, with the use of previously stated telescreens, no matter where they were. There was only one place with no telescreens, but even then there was audio surveillance with the use of hidden microphones. No matter where you went they watched what you were saying to prevent a rebellion from igniting, “There were no telescreens of course, but there was always the danger of concealed microphones by which your voice might be picked up and recognized…” (Orwell, 117). Not only the citizens in the novel, but citizens in present day also have microphones that could be tapped into constantly, called cell phones. Normal everyday people can easily hack a cell phone, imagine how easy it is for the government. Snowden revealed back in 2014, “Government spies can set up their own miniature cell network tower. Your phone automatically connects to it. Now, that tower’s radio waves send a command to your phone’s antennae: the baseband chip. That tells your phone to fake any shutdown and stay on...Spies could keep your phone on standby and just use the microphone--or send pings announcing your location” (Pagliery). The government could hack every phone, listen to every conversation, hear every sign of rebellion and stop it before anything starts like in the novel 1984. This could give the government the power needed to
The police in the dystopian society of 1984 uses this type of technology for surveillance, “In the far distance a helicopter skimmed down between the roofs, hovered for an instant like a bluebottle, and darted away again with a curving flight. It was the Thought Police, snooping into people’s windows” (Orwell, 2). In today’s society the use of drones has become increasingly popular for both entertainment and government use. Not only do local law enforcements use them in some states, but the FBI, one of the top government agencies, has admitted to using them as well, “FBI Director Robert Mueller acknowledged the law enforcement agency uses drone aircraft in the United States for surveillance in certain difficult cases” ( ). The development of drones makes spying on people without being physically there, and most likely not be detected, just that much easier. This makes it easier for our own government to be able to spy on its citizens without them ever knowing it is …show more content…
In the novel 1984 the citizens were always visually watched by the government, with the use of previously stated telescreens, no matter where they were. There was only one place with no telescreens, but even then there was audio surveillance with the use of hidden microphones. No matter where you went they watched what you were saying to prevent a rebellion from igniting, “There were no telescreens of course, but there was always the danger of concealed microphones by which your voice might be picked up and recognized…” (Orwell, 117). Not only the citizens in the novel, but citizens in present day also have microphones that could be tapped into constantly, called cell phones. Normal everyday people can easily hack a cell phone, imagine how easy it is for the government. Snowden revealed back in 2014, “Government spies can set up their own miniature cell network tower. Your phone automatically connects to it. Now, that tower’s radio waves send a command to your phone’s antennae: the baseband chip. That tells your phone to fake any shutdown and stay on...Spies could keep your phone on standby and just use the microphone--or send pings announcing your location” (Pagliery). The government could hack every phone, listen to every conversation, hear every sign of rebellion and stop it before anything starts like in the novel 1984. This could give the government the power needed to