In 1984, one of the most prominent issues that surrounds society is the lack of privacy that is citizens have. They are constantly being watched, listened in on, and tracked. There is no privacy for any of the citizens. They are not even safe from their own thoughts because the government has convinced them that they have thought police that watch what they think. They have taught the kids to turn in their own parents for saying something. Their society has gotten to the point where people are too paranoid to even think for themselves.
In today’s society, the government may not be able to track our thoughts, but they already read our emails, texts and listen in on our phone calls. Whether is the NSA, CIA, FBI, KGB, or MI5, people all over the world are being watched constantly. The NSA alone collects data and information not just in the United States, but around the entire world. According to an article by the American Al Jazeera, just this week alone, information was revealed that Americans and British spies hacked into one of the world’s largest sim card producers and took the keys that encrypted the data. What this allows the government to do is to store all kinds of information people send out, and if they need to, just decrypt the data that the need at the time. This can lead to data being pulled for a person, back from when they weren't even a problem. This is similar to 1984 because Winston gets in trouble with the thought police, and they use everything that he has done in the past to arrest him on charges formed by and present information.
Link to Article - http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2015/2/20/NSA-SIM-card.html
It really is scary to think how much the government tracks almost everything we go on. Just by looking at our google searches and internet history, it is almost like they really are looking into our thoughts, like the thought police in "1984". It's interesting how the article talked about a recent event that happened, which shows that our lack of privacy from the government is a big problem today.
ReplyDeleteUnfortunately, our world is becoming more and more similar to the world of 1984. While we don't exactly have thought police, people are more afraid than ever to express their true thoughts. You can't even google search the words "pressure cooker" anymore without being put on an FBI watch list. What if I just want to cook some rice in my new pressure cooker?
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