There’s a question Americans constantly ask themselves, is the government trustable? Many citizens would answer no because they believe that the government is constantly watching them. The privacy of American citizens is being violated by the GPS trackers in our phones that the government can see and monitor, how the government listens to our calls and how they store all our information. In the novel, 1984 by George Orwell, Winston explains how Big Brother is constantly watching them. According to 1984, “...so as long as he remained within the field of vision which the metal plaque commanded, he could be seen as well as heard” (Orwell, pg.3). The telescreens in the book 1984, were placed in almost every part of the city. Nobody was free from the telescreens, they were constantly watching and listening. As stated in 1984, “It was the Police Patrol, snooping into people 's windows” (Orwell, pg.2). The government was free to spy to its people, it was its way to keep things under control. The citizens of Orwell’s dystopian world didn’t have any privacy, they were constantly spied on, and if they did or said anything that went against the government, they were punished. In the article written by Maass and Rajagopalan That’s No Phone. That’s My Tracker. It Explains how the new advances in technology, mainly in our smartphones, can be used to track us. As stated in the article, “Cell companies typically retain your geographic information for a year or longer, according to data