Pros And Cons Of 1984 Technology

1984 Rough Draft
Technology. It is "the application of scientific knowledge for practical purposes, especially in industry", according to Google. It has been taking over our society in many countries. Now we actually have problems of laziness and obesity due to all of the technology we use instead of getting up and going outside and doing something ourselves. Think about it, how much time out of your day do you spend on a computer if you’re a teacher. And students, how many miles do you think you have scrolled with your thumb on that phone or iPad. And that is just thinking about the technology that we use daily, what about the technology around the city, the cameras on every street or business, the GPS on our cars. We are ruled by technology. …show more content…
And a lot of the times, we are using some type of technology to perform these things. Whether it be cheating on a test, downloading files illegally, bullying, hacking into systems, etc.. Now if you get to thinking, at any given time, the government can step in and tap into that phone line if they have probable cause. Whether you’re innocent or guilty. They can also access your cell phone line, but until this date, they need a warrant for that. Point is, our technology and the technology made specially for the government has made it easy for the government to be able to secretly tap into our private lives without us having any clue of when or why they did it. (Obviously if you actually are a criminal or someone who did something shady, you would be expecting it.). The government also has access to what we do on our cellular devices, the messages we send and even what is on our screen at the time we are using that little screen, according to [find source and more information on anything having to do with the governments power to look and see every message and picture we send and maybe even find out if that myth of the government being able to tap into the camera is