In 1984, it was thought to be no privacy at all. Big Brother was "watching" our every move. Nothing was secret. If you did one wrong move, you we're in big trouble. But what about today's privacy. Today's privacy is better in my opinion then in 1984. Today you have much more freedom. They aren't watching your every move. There's traffic light cameras, surveillance cameras, and airport security. But if you think about is, all of those precautions are for our safety. Also the government isn't putting cameras at every corning and arresting you just because of your thoughts. Today we have the Bill of Rights on our sides. The government isn't telling us we can't have sex, own a gun, or disagree with their laws. As far as I know the government doesn’t read or emails, listen to our phone calls, or monitor our text messages. However, if they did they don’t let you know they do. They don’t do anything about it, anything drastic anyway. We aren’t monitored 24/7 unless we did something wrong or proven to need monitoring and surveillance. The government gives us freedom and space unlike the Party in 1984. So overall today’s privacy is not an issue compared to back in 1984.
Friday, February 28, 2014
Privacy...What Privacy?
In 1984, it was thought to be no privacy at all. Big Brother was "watching" our every move. Nothing was secret. If you did one wrong move, you we're in big trouble. But what about today's privacy. Today's privacy is better in my opinion then in 1984. Today you have much more freedom. They aren't watching your every move. There's traffic light cameras, surveillance cameras, and airport security. But if you think about is, all of those precautions are for our safety. Also the government isn't putting cameras at every corning and arresting you just because of your thoughts. Today we have the Bill of Rights on our sides. The government isn't telling us we can't have sex, own a gun, or disagree with their laws. As far as I know the government doesn’t read or emails, listen to our phone calls, or monitor our text messages. However, if they did they don’t let you know they do. They don’t do anything about it, anything drastic anyway. We aren’t monitored 24/7 unless we did something wrong or proven to need monitoring and surveillance. The government gives us freedom and space unlike the Party in 1984. So overall today’s privacy is not an issue compared to back in 1984.
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ReplyDeleteI highly agree with your opinon on todays issues of privacy and government. You did a very nice job comparing todays situation with 1984. These new systems are very different from 1984. There's so much open space. So much... privacy. Their government is so carefree. And you’re right about how there is barely security that is uneeeded or not used for safety purposes. The security is pretty dry. There are some tightly secure places such as airports, with cameras and "TSA". security Schools and stores also have cameras, as well as security guards. But they don't "watch" us. They just have it in case anything happens. There's so much trust in these people....and on the streets there are traffic cameras here and there, but nothing real. They don’t monitor us.There aren't any telescreens, or thought police. Best of all, no Big Brother. You and I definitely have the same opinion about this issue. It sure is something different, something better but also worse. We're so free. They dont punish us for thinking or feeling how we want. We can love of hate one another. We can disagree with our leaders. .I agree with your statement about our rights and how we use them.
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