Privacy Violations In 1984

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As we constantly look down to our phones throughout the entire day, have you ever had the feeling that you’re being watched? Since the government can control the whole system they’re most likely to track you down through your phone. The privacy violations Americans experience today are similar to privacy violation in 1984, because they can track you down, GPS, and the government having the ability to collect our personal information. In 1984, the thought police would be violating the privacy of Oceania citizens. The author states,”In the far distance a helicopter skimmed down between the roofs, hovered for an instant like bluebottle, and darted away again with a curving flight. It was the police patrol, snooping into people windows” (Orwell, pg 2). The statement implies that Big Brother is watching over the citizen with a helicopter which is kind of exaggerating. This could relate to the U.S. because some police are roaming through the street looking over certain areas, spying on people. As stated in the novel , “Thirty to forty group!’’ tapped piercing female voice....Winston sprang to attention in front of telescreen, …show more content…
That’s My Tracker.” It’s basically about the phone being a tracking device. In fact, the government don’t need your permission to get into your phone because their already doing it. The author claims,” Many police agencies don’t obtain search warrants when requesting location data from carriers” (Maass,Rajagopalan, 2012).The author demonstrates that it’s easier to get information from the data so the police wont request for a search warrant. According to the article,” Every year, private companies spend millions of dollars developing new services that track, the store and share the words, movements and even thoughts of their customers,” writes Paul Ohm (Maass, 2012).These demonstrates that people have zero privacy especially because there making new services that track

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