The terms Freedom is Slavery is often used in the novel 1984 by George Orwell. A novel set in the dystopian future, where one appears free, but in reality are under constant surveillance. The novel has lots of real life applications to the current scene in the United States, from a political standpoint, all the way home. The book was published in the year 1949 in the United Kingdom, and is considered one of the greatest novels ever written.
The novel is set in Airstrip One, the new Great Britain. Airstrip One is a province in the Oceania superstate. The world is in a state of perpetual war, government surveillance, and complete and total control of the masses through manipulation. They keyword here is “government surveillance”. Throughout the
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In the novel there’s telescreens, devices that transmit propoganda your way, and your reaction back. There’s quite a few current applications, for this. First would be your computer, ahh yes, the fulcrum of any technology conspiracy theorists master plan! They’re still wrong, but not all wrong. Without proper protection, the home PC can simply be a window into someone elses life. Through media sharing sites such as Youtube or Reddit, information can easily be acquired and categorized accordingly. The same goes for social sharing websites such as Facebook or Tumblr, sites like these are probably the biggest victim, keeping tally on advertisements a user shows interest in, to keywords in their posts, tags, photos, and instant messaging can all be viewed from the home server. An amazing example of near exact telescreen was nearly a thing. The gaming corporation Microsoft was to release their new Xbox One console with a camera, the Kinect. This had become a staple for console in the previous gaming generation, a motion controlled camera that would record movement for control in a game. However, Microsoft's new console, would have a camera that couldn't be unplugged, was always recording, and always listening. A little too close for