Technology Vs Technology

Everyone has always wondered if people were ever watching them. Our technology today is capable to eavesdrop in on anyone’s conversations even if their phones are turned off. In the novel, “1984”, the party INGSOC uses telescreens to watch over the people and always know what they are up to. This denies the people’s rights and privileges to go about their business as they please. The technology we have today is almost exact to what big brother uses in George Orwell’s novel by taking over the public and private parts of our lives.

5 Ways You Give The Government Control” written by Kenneth Coats shows how the devices we use daily slowly take over individuals lives. Coats states, “Today, most people in the United States carry a mobile phone that accompanies them wherever they go. We use them for everything...This essentially makes them the perfect tracking and bugging devices”. Although electronic devices are known to be safe, they allow outside people to figure out individuals personal life. Due to the need for devices such as cell phones, each individual has a high chance of being socially stalked once in their lifetime. Coats then states, “Not only do intelligence agencies gather information via mobile companies, but… your phone can be hacked using spyware. Even if your phone is turned off, it can be remotely accessed to recorded conversations and take photographs”. This issue causes a panic due to the wide spread of inappropriate pictures and private conversations in one's life. Even though technology is viewed as a privileged, it is also taking away people's lives without their

Though the consequences of citizen’s actions through technology today are not as severe or are non punishable, they do not take the government’s surveillance as seriously as the citizens of Oceania did in 1984. One NSA system can reach about 75% of all US Internet traffic, communications by foreigners and Americans (Gorman n. pag.). The US government's defense to surveillance claims is that the justification is National Security (Calamur n. pag.)., and this may be true, but the question of the freedom to privacy ratio, as a free nation, is still undecided. One way surveillance is now even more accessible is due to Google Glass. "With Google Glass, nobody's pointing a camera... phone. You no longer know if you're being filmed... an unspoken social rule is being violated" (Brown 42). and gives the government the ability to see from the point of view of anyone. With most every person you meet having quick access to some sort of recordable technology, it is easy to have your actions recorded or documented without your knowledge. The information can be easily spread around the world without your knowing or permission with just a simple touch. As said before, “.....an unspoken social rule is being violated” (Brown 42), taking away the sense of privacy and security felt by many Americans. Another form of surveillance, used by specifically the NYPD, is the use of undercover cops. Since The Occupy Wall Street

In the novel 1984, by George Orwell, there is a society that has become a negative utopia, in where there is a party named Big Brother that watches over all of its people at all times using mainly their invention of the telescreen. Likewise, many people have phones, computers, tablets, and even televisions that have functions such as a camera and video usages. Companies that create these products have credibility and the trust of the public that they would not use the cameras on their phone for surveillance and that's where people seem to be fine with the whole thing. Another thing to be worried about is also public cameras or street cameras which can monitor groups of

In George Orwell’s novel 1984, Big Brother was a character of fiction. He was able to oversee everything and virtually controlled the daily lives of millions of people via numerous types of technology. Through telescreens, microphones, cameras, and ‘thought police’, the government was able to keep complete dominance over the people. Now, as we advance technologically the thought of Big Brother watching over us isn’t so far-fetched. If put into the wrong hands, information and technology can be very dangerous, as shown in 1984. Even though the government claim they use social media to keep us safe, Orwell’s vision could be slowly coming true. Big Brother no longer has to work hard to monitor us, for we’re inadvertently

The 1984 quote, “Big Brother is Watching You” (Orwell 2) is becoming far too real for most while in the dawn of technology. Small handheld devices carried by millions with the ability to keep track of location and can communicate with others, yet one can only imagine the darker side of a device meant to bring ease of life to many. The telescreen in 1984 shows how a device advertised as an entertainment product could be turned against the public. The telescreen was bought by proles, who could afford one, for the entertainment of a television. The telescreen allowed people to view certain media channels. In the same way, smartphones are being bought by millions of people for the entertainment value and connectivity to the cyber world. The government is hard at work cracking open cellphones, such as Android, to view what the owners are using the phones for. There is a backdoor in each phone that allows the government to pull information out of the phone. The information consists of phone call records, emails, text messages, and internet history. The government agency, National Security Agency, was

Our technology is way more advanced than the technology described in the novel 1984 which isn’t necessarily a good thing. We have cameras everywhere including on the streets and in our pockets. In fact, even new game consoles have cameras and microphones that remain on even when the console itself is off. “It's able to identify individuals based on face and body recognition, works in the dark, records audio and is constantly connected to the Internet and 300,000 Microsoft servers” (Xbox One Features…). That’s just one of the many examples of how we are currently being monitored. Another would be our smart phones. There isn’t much that our phones aren’t capable of doing and that includes tracking where we go, what we buy, and what we do. “ Your phone even automatically labels your assumed home and work addresses based on the amount of time you spend in each location” (Hidden Iphone Feature Tracks…). Our technology may come in slightly different forms than that of Big Brother, but it is still very similar in its purpose, to watch us. The way in which we differ is who and how we use it. For instance, major companies like to purchase the information that has been gathered from our phone in order to provide goods and services that are most relevant to us, the consumer. “Jeff Weber, AT&T Inc.'s president of content and advertising sales, says his company is studying ways to sell and analyze customer data for advertisers…” (Phone Firms Sell Data…). In the world of Big Brother, the government uses this information to determine whether a person is guilty of thoughtcrime or not while our government only uses our information to help prevent terrorism resulting from the terrorist attack on

George Orwell’s most famous quote “Big Brother is watching you,” has continued to be a warning to the people of today. In 1984, telescreens that “broadcasted government propaganda, news, and approved entertainment” were also two-way monitors that surveilled citizen’s every move (Beale). The person or public figure behind the telescreens was known as “Big Brother” (Orwell 7). With public cameras popping up everywhere in today’s society, they are used in the same context as telescreens. Public camera’s can be used to spy on the average person’s daily routine.

Mostly everyone in the population owns a cell phone, which has a feature that allows it to be tracked. A perfect example is found on an iPhone because it has a feature called, “Find my iPhone” and once you turn it on it gives you the exact location of it. In the article, “That’s no Phone. That’s my Tracker” by The New York Times talks about this specific feature and the fact that the law enforcement requests for the call data (Maass 1). The article also states that the government has been monitoring the calls people have made and the location they were made. When the government asks for the data they do not need any search warrants when they ask for the location data from the carriers. The cellular device does not only track us, but also saves our text messages, our web history, and the amount of money we have saved (Maass 1). This helps prove that the government can use our own personal information against us, whenever they have evidence that we have committed a crime. The novel Nineteen Eighty- Four talks about having television monitors that recorded every person in what they did and said. The government used this to make sure crime rates went down and that fugitives were easily found (Maass 1). In the article it also states that we have been using our cell phones more for web browsing, playing games, and listening to music rather than making phone calls (Maass 1). This is honestly true

The 21st century has brought with it a great deal of new technology. These technologies are profoundly useful to many people, but at the same time bring up many issues and controversies. Many of these technologies keep an eye on its citizens similarly to 1984. People are constantly surrounded by surveillance, whether it’s through their phones, the Internet, or security cameras, the parallels to Orwell’s nightmarish 1984 are terrifying.

Technology is the collection of techniques, skills, methods, and processes used in the production of goods or services. In the book 1984 written by George Orwell, a character named Winston is taken advantage of just by technology. This character is manipulated by the government to transform from being in the outer party and moved into the inner party. This event takes Winston closer to the world of Big Brother. Big Brother is the optical illusion used in the story to convey that someone or something is always watching you. People have compared Orwell’s novel to real world instances showing how citizens are repeatedly being watched in their day to day lives. The essential question remains in people's minds: Is technology taking us closer to

In the book 1984, by George Orwell surveillance has many similarities in our society today. Now a day the government can spy on anyone they want which means nobody has privacy on their phones. Surveillance is something most people do not believe because most people believe that when they are on technology they have all their privacy. Technology takes us closer to the world of big brother because through technology Big brother watches them through surveillance cameras.

Beginning with the book, Big Brother’s mass surveillance of the people is like the National Security Agency (NSA) of America in the 21st century. In the text, the telescreens are said to be able to “received and transmitted simultaneously” and any noise “above the level of a very low whisper, would be picked up by it”. The use of the telescreens by Big Brother shows how the mass surveillance works and how everyone is capable of being monitored. In 2015, 64% of the adults in America owned a smartphone. Up to 84% of American households have a computer and 73% have both a computer and internet

Today, most people in society believe they are being watched and studied at all times; cameras, microphones, and trackers all make sure you are surveyed and watched over every day. The phrase, “Big Brother is Watching You” (Orwell), derived from George Orwell’s novel 1984, is something society has feared ever since the true power of the government has been discovered. People all over the world have been afraid of the government and the National Security Agency (NSA) being able to watch what we do, who we talk to, and what we’re searching on any of our devices. However, although we are being watched constantly, could our technology be spiraling towards that of a dystopian society? Due to the immense amount of personal security and the many laws

There is also the issue of surveillance cameras located within smartphones. Because the majority of the United States Citizens carry these devices within them on an everyday basis, they are the biggest threat to their privacy and rights. As said in an article by Peter Maass and Meghan Rajagopalan titled “That’s not my phone. That’s My Tracker”, “Cellular systems constantly check and record the location of all phones on their networks – and this data is particularly treasured by police departments and online advertisers.” This demonstrates how the government is able to obtain private information on its general public, something that compromises their rights to privacy very blatantly. In order for the United States government to become one that resembles that of Oceania’s, the power they have must be abused fully, not in just few aspects of control such as surveillance cameras. “Every year, private companies spend millions of dollars developing new services that track store and share the words, movements and even thoughts of their customers” states Paul