Big Brother and Government Surveillance
Big Brother is a fictional character and idea in the novel 1984 by George Orwell. It stands for the idea that there is someone that holds power observing and monitoring everyone and their activities to keep control. Even though this is a fictional character and ideal in a novel, since it was published this has been a term people use when they are talking about government surveillance and the ways the government watches everyone.
Government Surveillance
Government surveillance is a strategy the government uses to monitor the citizen’s activities to ensure the safety of the country. This strategy is not something new. Governments around the world have been monitoring their citizens for a while to keep them under their control and to watch for potential dangers for the country itself. “The real capabilities and behavior of the US surveillance state are almost entirely unknown to the American public because, like most things of significance done by the US …show more content…
They have all these secret strategies and ways to watch what everyone does online. They have ways of intercepting phone calls without the people noticing and looking at back statements and phone logs. They do all of these things without the knowledge and permission of the people. “Government technicians have installed intercept stations at key junction points, or switches, throughout the country. These switches are located in large windowless buildings owned by the major telecommunication companies and control the domestic internet traffic flow across the nation.” (The Domestic Surveillance Directorate) These switches that the government places in key buildings and the ones where the major telecommunications companies are located helps them monitor people’s online and telephonic activities easier because they have the switches where the communication starts. The government focuses on online
Big Brother is a fictional character and idea in the novel 1984 by George Orwell. It stands for the idea that there is someone that holds power observing and monitoring everyone and their activities to keep control. Even though this is a fictional character and ideal in a novel, since it was published this has been a term people use when they are talking about government surveillance and the ways the government watches everyone.
Government Surveillance
Government surveillance is a strategy the government uses to monitor the citizen’s activities to ensure the safety of the country. This strategy is not something new. Governments around the world have been monitoring their citizens for a while to keep them under their control and to watch for potential dangers for the country itself. “The real capabilities and behavior of the US surveillance state are almost entirely unknown to the American public because, like most things of significance done by the US …show more content…
They have all these secret strategies and ways to watch what everyone does online. They have ways of intercepting phone calls without the people noticing and looking at back statements and phone logs. They do all of these things without the knowledge and permission of the people. “Government technicians have installed intercept stations at key junction points, or switches, throughout the country. These switches are located in large windowless buildings owned by the major telecommunication companies and control the domestic internet traffic flow across the nation.” (The Domestic Surveillance Directorate) These switches that the government places in key buildings and the ones where the major telecommunications companies are located helps them monitor people’s online and telephonic activities easier because they have the switches where the communication starts. The government focuses on online