As the years go on, more and more technology is being used, and becoming advanced. The technology in present day has many uses as to recording, GPS- signals, Wi-Fi, etc. The cameras in phones take a big advantage today in society, as well as described in that of Orwell’s vision in 1984. The visions in the book 1984, describes by Orwell relate to how technology is secretly being used today. As described in The New York Times, newspaper article “That’s no Phone. That’s My Tracker.” a phone is not just used for phone calls or messaging. Moreover, it is used as evidence. As stated “ It appears that millions of cell-phone users have been swept up in government surveillance of their calls and where they are made from” (Mass, 2012).
The right to privacy is alluded in the fourth amendment of the US constitution. We have believed for many years that we were given that right, but in reality we are not. In the book 1984, privacy was no right, not even a privilege. Yet, the characters in the book were still committing rebellious activities and breaking laws. Those in the book, 1984 by George Orwell, had a fear of thinking of thinking to themselves. “Thoughtcrime was not a thing to be concealed forever. You might successfully dodge it for a while, but sooner or later you were bound to be caught.” (Orwell,3) The fact that they can't even think to themselves shows how much they were invaded. They were also being kept track of like some type of prisoners. “In the far distance helicopters skimmed down between roofs...it was the police patrol snooping into people's windows.”(Orwell,2) It is an complete violation of amendment four to even be snooping through houses without a warrant. In the article, “That's no phone. That's my tracker” talks about all the ways our privacy is being invaded just through our phone. The government has tried to convince that we are being tracked with our permission but in the article the authors state that “Though we invite some tracking, think of our mapping requests as we try to find a restaurant in a strange town, much of it is done without our awareness” (Maass & Rajagopalan, 2012). They are manipulating us. We should not be further traced. We have to go through several challenges just to not be traced every hour of the day. Maass and Rajagopalan claims that “If you want to avoid some surveillance, the best option is to use cash for prepaid phone that do not require identification...you will need a tiny screwdriver to remove the back cover of an iphone and even then you might not be safe”(Maass & Rajagopalan, 2012). Just as Winston and Julia went through several challenges to involve themselves in activities. The article “Long Beach police to use 400 cameras citywide to fight crime” addresses the issues of Long Beach installing cameras around the city. …show more content…
They claim to keep the crime rate down but it does sound like a familiar tool they used in 1984. In 1984, they were being watched every second of the day and these were screens called telescreens. Orwell states that "The telescreen received and transmitted simultaneously. Any sound Winston made, above the level of a very low whisper, would be picked up by it”(Orwell,4). The crime rate seemed to be the same, therefore it did not do its jobs just like in 1984. The citizens of Oceania were still committing crimes.
The right to privacy is alluded in the fourth amendment of the US constitution. We have believed for many years that we were given that right, but in reality we are not. In the book 1984, privacy was no right, not even a privilege. Yet, the characters in the book were still committing rebellious activities and breaking laws. Those in the book, 1984 by George Orwell, had a fear of thinking of thinking to themselves. “Thoughtcrime was not a thing to be concealed forever. You might successfully dodge it for a while, but sooner or later you were bound to be caught.” (Orwell,3) The fact that they can't even think to themselves shows how much they were invaded. They were also being kept track of like some type of prisoners. “In the far distance helicopters skimmed down between roofs...it was the police patrol snooping into people's windows.”(Orwell,2) It is an complete violation of amendment four to even be snooping through houses without a warrant. In the article, “That's no phone. That's my tracker” talks about all the ways our privacy is being invaded just through our phone. The government has tried to convince that we are being tracked with our permission but in the article the authors state that “Though we invite some tracking, think of our mapping requests as we try to find a restaurant in a strange town, much of it is done without our awareness” (Maass & Rajagopalan, 2012). They are manipulating us. We should not be further traced. We have to go through several challenges just to not be traced every hour of the day. Maass and Rajagopalan claims that “If you want to avoid some surveillance, the best option is to use cash for prepaid phone that do not require identification...you will need a tiny screwdriver to remove the back cover of an iphone and even then you might not be safe”(Maass & Rajagopalan, 2012). Just as Winston and Julia went through several challenges to involve themselves in activities. The article “Long Beach police to use 400 cameras citywide to fight crime” addresses the issues of Long Beach installing cameras around the city. …show more content…
They claim to keep the crime rate down but it does sound like a familiar tool they used in 1984. In 1984, they were being watched every second of the day and these were screens called telescreens. Orwell states that "The telescreen received and transmitted simultaneously. Any sound Winston made, above the level of a very low whisper, would be picked up by it”(Orwell,4). The crime rate seemed to be the same, therefore it did not do its jobs just like in 1984. The citizens of Oceania were still committing crimes.