Surveillance aircraft

The surveillance technology of 1984 is not very different from our world today, we also have surveillance cameras and microphones, what is different is in how they are implemented. Big Brother spied on citizens to watch all of them, not just be able to catch criminals. Another difference is that the surveillance technology of today may even have surpassed that of 1984. What is similar between the world of today and the world of 1984, is that the government watched the citizens, and it could…

In “Drones” and the Future of Domestic Aviation, author John Villasenor, of the University of California Los Angeles, discusses Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS), more colloquially known as “drones.” In particular, he describes the precarious ethical and legal issues drones present to society in the face of their increasingly rapid development. Initially, the author gives a brief, but detailed description of the advancement of unmanned aviation technology, including the vast numbers of…

The day after a long 4th of July weekend for Hillary Clinton, FBI Director James Comey announced the Bureau recommends to the DOJ “no charges are appropriate in this case.” Director Comey’s announcement comes just a couple of days after the FBI interviewed Clinton for 3 1/2 hours. As liberating as the announcement may be to Clinton, it left a bizarre avenue for criticism and still found the Secretary was guilty of “careless” wrongdoing. For her carelessness, Comey said Clinton might be…

Surveillance is an ongoing issue that is not just imperative in the United States, but in the world. Governments use surveillance as a tool to collect and monitor data regarding the mass public. They then analyze these observations, determining whether it can be used to gather intelligence or prevent crimes. But how does the public know that this information is used for its sole purpose: to stop crime and terrorist acts? In the article, Surveillance Society, David Drehle writes and explains that…

well beyond Orwell’s time, but only for the purpose of controlling the citizens of Oceania, marking notable similarity between the 2013 incident with Edward Snowden. In the novel, the use of technology is used to keep their citizens under tight surveillance. In Tom Heads article “Big Brother is Watching” he says, “as technology improves, privacy as we know it will inevitably evaporate; the best we can hope for is the power to watch the watchers.” In this quote the writer means that with the new…

Soon enough, the Inner Party will not be able to control the people and will step down from power. A mountainous discharge towards the party will definitely overthrow Big Brother, but the main obstacle would be how the Proles are constantly under surveillance, meaning there would be no chance to plan an event. But, if a smaller, less intensive eruption…

I believe that government surveillance does greatly cause loss of individuality and was explained extremely well in the “Chilling Effects” section; basically because people are now aware of government surveillance, due to Snowden, the way that people search on their computer and how they talk, has changed. Its self-censorship, in the fear that their private thoughts are not private anymore, society is beginning to not exercise their individual freedom to speech, they are not questioning laws,…

"Do you like your internet content being monitored? Every single search on Google being monitored, every second even on a web browser being watched. Do you like that? Great, because neither do I. If the government cannot fulfill its duty to serve and protect its citizens then there is no point in having a government. There have been many instances where government officials have even agreed to abusing their power to invade our privacy and much more. ""Even if you're not doing anything wrong…

History Julian Assange, editor-in-chief of WikiLeaks organization, is an Australian citizen who believes in transparency and freedom of the press (Trevino, 2015). At sixteen years old, Assange was arrested and prosecuted for a computer hacking incident. After his arrest, he turned his talents towards the internet, and in 2006, he was the spokesperson and founder of WikiLeaks. WikiLeaks is a not-for-profit media organization that was initiated in 2006 for the purposes of releasing classified…

Polarizing Culture: Domestic Surveillance Imagine the NSA (National Security Agency) recording and watching every and anything you do on the internet: all the pictures, phone calls, and searches. Well this is reality in the United States, whether you like it or not. America was built on a foundation of individual rights and freedoms, such as the 4th Amendment that protects people from unreasonable searches and seizures by the government. During the time of war, the government often suspends…