Big Brother
In 1948, George Orwell wrote the book '1984' (published in 1949), in which "Big Brother" (the state security surveillance) was constantly watching your every movement
In this age of Facebook, MySpace and Digital Passports, have you ever considered the possibility that people knowing more than you might want them to
could be a reality?
I don't know about you, but it certainly makes me think soberly about myself
In this age of Facebook, MySpace and Digital Passports, have you ever considered the possibility that people knowing more than you might want them tocould be a reality?
I don't know about you, but it certainly makes me think soberly about myself
Labels: 1984, Big Brother, Facebook, George Orwell, MySpace, Privacy
posted by Mark Burgess at
3:24 PM
4 Comments:
14:1 - ratio of cctv cameras to people in uk ( at 2003 count)
why worry though - it's only watching the people who are doing wrong, as long as you're not jewish, disabled, gay, black, non-blue eyed and blonde hair... oh hang on - haven't we been here before?
orwell was a prophet. alan moore created a bleak future in v for vendetta by putting cameras n every corner... and now - we have them
why - for ot safety - newspeak...
ministry of information, for defence - for peace...
minipax...
givernments have all the info they need, what we need to really worry about is other individuals impersonating us - we can only hide our info, share our info or bury it - right now, the goernments are editting...
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Anonymous, at March 31, 2008 12:53 AM
It's a scary thing to think of.
I wonder whether I want any of my children to be brought up in this world.
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Anonymous, at April 02, 2008 5:08 PM
Is that fourteen cameras to one person or one camera to fourteen people? Either way, that's a lot!
I remember when I had AOL a few years back - apart from it destroying my then computer forever, I logged in one day and found that someone had hacked into my account - I had a nice chat with them (under a different username) until I asked them why they are using my account - suddenly they disappeared and then I changed the passwords! But it freaked me out a bit - someone could do something like this so easily.
With this, and other shocking stories that I've heard, I certainly make sure our shredder gets decent use before we get rid of paper into the recycling. With important government information on unencrypted CDs going missing in the post, though, I wonder if it's worth the effort on my part at all sometimes!
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Mark Burgess, at April 02, 2008 5:18 PM
It really doesn't bother me. So what if there are cameras everywhere. I bet you'd be the first to the police to get evidence from cameras if you were attackted in the street.
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Anonymous, at June 27, 2008 8:32 AM
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