BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING YOU. Abuse of Technology is one of the main themes in the book 1984 by George Orwell. The main character‚ Winston Smith has trouble accepting the dystopian society of Oceania; which is a nation that is run by a figure called “Big Brother”. Big Brother watches over the nation and controls humanity. They do this by abusing the little technology that they have in Oceania. It is fair to state that we have far more technology than the world of 1984‚ but we don’t abuse that technology
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"Whether we like it or not‚ the internet is a part of our everyday lives now. The web is used for everything from posting selfies and finding recipes to managing bank accounts and businesses. Since the internet has become so important in today’s society‚ people have been debating whether or not it should be monitored. No one likes being watched‚ but what if that monitoring prevented a murder or a terrorist attack? I believe that the state and federal government should be able to monitor the internet
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government can track the nation’s communications‚ but also because the uses of high-tech surveillance technologies that are owned by the government are not entire known. The NSA uses their surveillance technology to monitor many people’s lives. This surveillance takes away people’s privacy but is necessary in our time because many terrorist organizations
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former CIA contractor‚ exemplifies this relationship when he leaked documents revealing the mass and discrete surveillance by U.S. agencies. (“Edward Snowden”) The information he revealed raised concerns in the public‚ regarding the government’s lack of transparency. Many individuals became increasingly suspicious‚ questioning the government’s actions at “the discovery of increased surveillance‚ especially when [they] the surveilled party [considered themselves mostly] innocent‚… [leading] to decreased
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Surveillance has many forms and facets. The primary function of surveillance is to collect personal information by “employment‚ commercial‚ and administrative agencies‚ as well as in policing and security” (Boykoff 729). Surveillance has the capacity to create a fully functional society in which “enables people to fully participate in society” (Boykoff 731)‚ but at the same time it can be one of the greatest pitfalls of the nation if used improperly. Surveillance has immensely impacted society for
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society by instituting a surveillance society where people’s opportunities rely on their genetic pedigree. In the movie‚ genetic engineering is used to remove all major “defects” when conceiving‚ and depending on their parent’s choice of using genetic engineering‚ one is given an identity of “valid” or “in-valid.” Areas that the film illustrates include genetic surveillance‚ social discrimination‚ and resistance within a surveillance society. The idea of surveillance‚ as seen in Gattaca is much
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identification and the verification of identity claims. It brings together the promise of other biometric systems‚ which attempt to tie identity to individually distinctive features of the body‚ and the more familiar functionality of visual surveillance systems. This report develops a socio-political analysis that bridges the technical and social-scientific literatures on FRT and addresses the unique challenges and concerns that attend its development‚ evaluation‚ and specific operational
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that no two people are completely alike. So‚ the minute differences between two peoples’ preferences could lead to a stark divide that is enough to create each person’s utopia and dystopia. The photograph submitted captured a worm’s eye view of a surveillance camera on the University of St. Thomas campus taken against the dark background of the night sky. The contrast between the empty night sky and security camera showed that even if nobody was
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time and resource in surveillance‚ which is resulting in the threats and decrease of national security. Surveillance is the act of observing‚ or monitoring a person. Monitoring a person can include the use of cameras‚ wiretaps‚ GPS tracking‚ and internet surveillance. Events such as the Oklahoma City bombing‚ and the attack on 9/11 lead to a law former President Bush passed. "On October 26th‚ 2001‚ Bush signed into law the USA Patriot Act." (Podesta) Government surveillance is an essential part of
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Surveillance is key procedures in many cases‚ in this case however it was kind of a bust. The FBI were investigating every lead they had including putting potential suspects on twenty-four hour surveillance on the ground and in the air. None of their potential suspects were the actual bombers though so the surveillance turned out to be a huge waste of time‚ resources‚ and money. Surveillance can be a very boring procedure you can be setting around for hours waiting for the smallest thing to happen
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