How would one want someone to watch them constantly without any knowledge of it? Surveillance is defined as the close monitoring of the actions of a specific individual. Because of security cameras, webcams in technology devices, and hackers, humans are stripped of their privacy. George Orwell’s 1984 concerns the topics of basic human and civil rights and government control. These concerns are still present as issues today. In society today, the people are not only brought down by the government -- or “Big Brother” -- but brought down by the massive increase of today’s technology, also known as, Little Brother.
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This piece of work shows major key points of how Little Brother is still relevant today. In September of 2013, police officers gained a new piece of technology. This device reads and takes pictures of license plates. Beale states, “We already know that the National Security Agency can dip into your Facebook page and Google searches. And it seems that almost every store we go into these days wants your home phone number and ZIP code as any part of transaction,” (Beale). Beale then goes on to explain the similarities from 1984 to today’s society. “Today, websites like Facebook track our likes and dislikes… and private individuals hack into our computers and find out what they want to know,” (Beale). A huge connection to this topic is the concept of telescreens. As mentioned in chapter one of 1984, “The telescreen received and transmitted simultaneously. Any sound that Winston made, above the level of a very low whisper, would be picked up by it,” (Orwell). The telescreen represents a part of Little Brother and today almost everything is recorded of one’s …show more content…
In October of 2014, a couple was brutally attacked. Cindy Scharr wrote an article over this occurrence. Scharr wrote, “...police used a twenty-first century tool to catch the alleged attackers,” (Scharr). In this instance, that piece of technology became very useful. However, with this technology, the police could potentially track the wrong person. Also, people could hack into the police’s system database that stores all the pictures and videos take. For example, a cyber-criminal hacked into Massachusetts police’s database. That hacker took all the data and then threatened for money. Christopher Hutton wrote an article about this happening and included things the hacker said. The computer screen read, “Your personal files are encrypted… File decryption costs $500….. If you really value your data, then we suggest you do not waste valuable time searching for other solutions because they do not exist.” This proves that whoever the hacker was, had access to all of Massachusetts citizens’ information. That person had more than just the terrible pictures from the police cars.
In this world today, people are stripped bare of their privacy because of little brother. The government--Big Brother-- should be the least of people’s worries. Orwell’s 1984, clearly sums up why one should be concerned about their basic human and civil rights. These rights that belong to one person seem to be
Just recently this month, the company Apple fights an order form the government. In San Bernardino, California a massive shooting …show more content…
This piece of work shows major key points of how Little Brother is still relevant today. In September of 2013, police officers gained a new piece of technology. This device reads and takes pictures of license plates. Beale states, “We already know that the National Security Agency can dip into your Facebook page and Google searches. And it seems that almost every store we go into these days wants your home phone number and ZIP code as any part of transaction,” (Beale). Beale then goes on to explain the similarities from 1984 to today’s society. “Today, websites like Facebook track our likes and dislikes… and private individuals hack into our computers and find out what they want to know,” (Beale). A huge connection to this topic is the concept of telescreens. As mentioned in chapter one of 1984, “The telescreen received and transmitted simultaneously. Any sound that Winston made, above the level of a very low whisper, would be picked up by it,” (Orwell). The telescreen represents a part of Little Brother and today almost everything is recorded of one’s …show more content…
In October of 2014, a couple was brutally attacked. Cindy Scharr wrote an article over this occurrence. Scharr wrote, “...police used a twenty-first century tool to catch the alleged attackers,” (Scharr). In this instance, that piece of technology became very useful. However, with this technology, the police could potentially track the wrong person. Also, people could hack into the police’s system database that stores all the pictures and videos take. For example, a cyber-criminal hacked into Massachusetts police’s database. That hacker took all the data and then threatened for money. Christopher Hutton wrote an article about this happening and included things the hacker said. The computer screen read, “Your personal files are encrypted… File decryption costs $500….. If you really value your data, then we suggest you do not waste valuable time searching for other solutions because they do not exist.” This proves that whoever the hacker was, had access to all of Massachusetts citizens’ information. That person had more than just the terrible pictures from the police cars.
In this world today, people are stripped bare of their privacy because of little brother. The government--Big Brother-- should be the least of people’s worries. Orwell’s 1984, clearly sums up why one should be concerned about their basic human and civil rights. These rights that belong to one person seem to be