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    The Role Of Drones

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    drones act as surveillance vehicles capable of continuously monitoring targets over long periods of time. They collect visual, infrared, and Signals Intelligence via eavesdropping devices 15,000 feet above ground for a maximum duration of 20 hours before needing to refuel (Bowden, 2013). The significance here is that valuable intelligence can be gathered on individuals by tracking daily routines and intercepting e-mails, texts, and phone conversations. Given this, using drones for surveillance purposes

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    Censorship Censorship is a way of regulating and examining various forms of media available to the general public. It occurs in different contexts, including books, films, art plays, radios, television programs, news, internet and communications. Censorship can be achieved by prior restraint, which consists of licensing system where a work has to be submitted before publication or court injunction prohibiting dissemination of information (Cohen 11). This type of censorship prevents certain materials

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    Unmanned aerial vehicle such as the Northrop Grumman's Global Hawk surveillance drones and General Atomic's armed Predator and Reaper drones which is used for all weather, day/night performance with long range surveillance, small target detection and search and rescue operations due to its long range flying endurance. 1The Reaper in particular can fly at twice the altitude and speed of the Predator and can carry eight Hellfire missiles

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    Do we want to live in a world of complete surveillance? Well we don 't have a choice it seems. In a world of cameras monitoring our every move in the streets and in every establishment, we are on camera 99% of the time once we leave the house. With all our privacy being stripped away in the name of €OUR€ safety, it seems that things will just continue to get worse. I 'm sure we all are aware of drones and their capabilities, but do we realize what this means for a society we live in? We would think

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    1984 Dystopian

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    citizens who reside in Oceania are perceived to be under constant surveillance. They are also restricted from information, independent thoughts, and freedom. Furthermore, a figurehead or concept is worshipped by the citizens of the society. George Orwell effectively integrates dystopian characteristics into 1984 in order to convey a clear warning to the reader. First off, the citizens of Oceania are under constant surveillance. Every citizen has cameras watching them in their houses and outside

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    1984 Privacy Quotes

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    people are constantly being under surveillance, people start to lose their individuality because people transform into automatons. On (1.5.65) Winston says, "It was terribly dangerous to let your thoughts wander when you were in any public place or within range of a telescreen. The smallest thing could give you away." This quote explains the significance of privacy, as even the smallest things in society matter. Orwell is foreshadowing the increasingly tighter surveillance on citizens and that affects

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    expression and thus on a larger scale democracy. Mass surveillance is an invasion of common man’s privacy. Recent development in the way in which technology can invade privacy has heightened the need for greater protection freedom of expression. However, a major problem in this area is that the public are not provided with adequate information to act against such invasion of their rights. To date, there has been little agreement to what extent mass surveillance should be allowed in the name of providing security

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    their private communications, browsing and spending habits, personal records, etc., can they really be said to be free? As the surveillance state grows, privacy and liberty recede. It is important, then, for those who love liberty --and the privacy which is necessary to maintain it--to use whatever tools are at their disposal to protect themselves from mass surveillance” (Shaw). From the very introduction of 1984 there is a passing of information in which Orwell reveals to the reader that within

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    The F 35 Lightning II

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    manufactured by Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, and BAE Systems. Production began in 2006 in Fort Worth Texas and its first flight was conducted in 2011. Jon Beesley was the first test pilot for the F-35. It has air-to-air, air-to-ground, intelligence, surveillance, and recon abilities. The F-35 is second only to the F-22 Raptor but is superior in air-to-ground combat. The engine is a Pratt and Whitney 135 and has a Rolls-Royce Lift System. There are three variants of the F-35: conventional takeoff and landing

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    HCV Case Study

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    and existing cases)? According to the National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System, there are 140 new cases and 2203 existing cases (Australian Health Department, 2016). This information has been accessed from their website and carries data from 1991 to 2015. What is the quality of this data about HCV? The data regarding Hepatitis C (HCV) in Australia has been managed and monitored by the National Notifiable Disease Surveillance System managed by the Australian Department of Health. The data

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