Thought crimes are exactly what it sounds like, people who think freely and have unapproved political thoughts about the party. The people of Oceania were constantly reminded throughout the book that, “Big brother is watching you”. Big brother was the face of the party and the leader behind the great power, but was never seen before by anybody in Oceania. His face is put on posters everywhere in the city, coins, and telecreens. In the book he’s described as,” The black mustachioed face gazed down from every commanding corner...BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING YOU,the caption said, while the dark eyes looked deeply down Winston’s own.” The party uses his face to effectively control the community. Everything that the party and Big brother is doing to Oceania with all the surveillance around the city is the same problem that we are having today with our …show more content…
Nowadays we assume no one can see or hear your private moments but that’s not true the government has been constantly collecting data out of our phones and internet records. With all the new technology and devices we have now it’s easy for the government to hack in the system and track us. Our privacy will always be threatened by them and now not only the government can get our information and look through our devices but these people around the world that are called “hackers” can also. Hackers are known for hacking into any device that you have and can look through your messages, apps, emails, etc. You should never download apps outside the official App Store because hackers have gained access to over 1.3 million google accounts last year. They have also hacked into Twitter and Snapchat which are two big social media apps. In the last few years they have hacked into around 32 million accounts for twitter and snapchat. Both apps do contain private text messages and Snapchat can also talk through pictures too, so hackers can leak the pictures and text messages. This proves that it doesn’t matter if you delete messages or pictures off your phone or just because Snapchat has a time limit with the photos doesn’t mean is gone forever. The government and hackers and find all