Surveillance And Privacy In George Orwell's 1984

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In today's modern society there is really no privacy. Whether you are on your phone or your hanging out in public, most likely you are being spied on by “Big Brother.” The concept of surveillance and privacy lets us know how important our privacy is and that we need privacy. George Orwell's 1984 novel informs readers that they had a portray society in which the state constantly tracks the movements and thoughts of individuals. Their slogan is big brother is watching you. It warns us on how much control Big Brother has. They had absolutely no privacy and makes us wonder how much privacy we actually have? Does the government really get into our emails and phone calls ? Big Brother is watching us and we need to put an end to this.

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This shows how little privacy we have and how much control the government has. In the article, Big Brother is watching you, long Beach: New Police Surveillance system Unveiled by lauren Lloyd he states,” the chief noticed that the cameras are located in the public sectors...and it won’t be used unless there are real security concerns.” This is necessary only if this will improve community safety and change the way Long Beach police Department responds to crimes. If the government is targeting innocent people then they are wrong for that. Who wants to know that they are being spied on and have done nothing wrong?
The way modern societies technology has evolved is not just by the government. In the article, Our surveillance society: What Orwell And Kafka might say, by alan Greenblatt, he states, “ the federal government has a direct pipeline into Verizon, Google, Yahoo, and other such companies, those companies would control huge amounts of information about americans on their own it is not just the corporations performing surveillance.” These sources gather information about the person who is online and sell your basic information to

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