Essay On 1984 Technology

During the time Orwell was writing the book 1984 technology has drastically changed to high tech. Local police in Long Beach is now using cameras in certain areas to help with crimes and to find people who commit the crimes. Another development that has come in over the years are internet tracking which is dangerous, but the police think otherwise. Is a high technology worth us getting closer to a utopia? Orwell has made his book a big factor of what society is revolving around, but is our world in danger for what is to come in the future? In 1984 the thought police and Big Brother used cameras in people's homes to make a totalitarian government sorta like the police use the cameras in long beach to help with crime. In the article “Long Beach police Use 400 Cameras City Wide To Fight Crime” Jim McDonnell said “It won’t be a case of “big brother is watching you” because the camera feed will only be activated when the

In our generation now who has a smartphone? Everyone we carry them like they are glued to our hand never leaving them, they are the biggest threat right now as we speak crimes have been made through these devices. Peter Maass and Megha Rajagopalan said “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”(Maass and Rajagopalan 9). That shows that the government is watching every step we make and listen to our private conversations and private information which is against the Declaration of Independence. If we as a state continue this the government will become totalitarian, because the power that has been created will be abused in the near future. “Every year, private companies spend millions of dollars developing new services that track” (Ohm 5). This is a given fact and to know that companies are going to that extent to get money is