Invasion of Privacy by Brittany Conway https://padlet.com/bconwaynp2020/qdriczvl7pw3 1984 en-us 2020-02-19 15:01:06 UTC 2025-03-18 15:13:16 UTC hello@padlet.com bconwaynp2020 https://padlet.com/bconwaynp2020/qdriczvl7pw3/wish/447449838 Many people suspect that the government hacks into the cameras of laptops and computers in order to spy on people. While this is a definite invasion of privacy, it is similar to the "telescreen" mentioned throughout 1984.]]> 2020-02-19 15:11:43 UTC https://padlet.com/bconwaynp2020/qdriczvl7pw3/wish/447449838 plentschnp2020 https://padlet.com/bconwaynp2020/qdriczvl7pw3/wish/447449885 2020-02-19 15:11:46 UTC https://padlet.com/bconwaynp2020/qdriczvl7pw3/wish/447449885 plentschnp2020 https://padlet.com/bconwaynp2020/qdriczvl7pw3/wish/447450462 2020-02-19 15:12:36 UTC https://padlet.com/bconwaynp2020/qdriczvl7pw3/wish/447450462 “The telescreen received and transmitted simultaneously. Any sound that Winston made, above the level of a very low whisper, would be picked up by it; moreover…he could be seen as well as heard. There was of course no way of knowing whether you were being watched at any given moment…It was conceivable that they watched everybody at the same time” (2) plentschnp2020 https://padlet.com/bconwaynp2020/qdriczvl7pw3/wish/448053397 2020-02-20 14:50:27 UTC https://padlet.com/bconwaynp2020/qdriczvl7pw3/wish/448053397 lmaring2021 https://padlet.com/bconwaynp2020/qdriczvl7pw3/wish/448056100 2020-02-20 14:53:34 UTC https://padlet.com/bconwaynp2020/qdriczvl7pw3/wish/448056100 "It was terribly dangerous to let your thoughts wander when you were in any public place or within range of a telescreen. The smallest thing could give you away. A nervous tic, an unconscious look of anxiety, a habit of muttering to yourself – anything that carried with it the suggestion of abnormality, of having something to hide. In any case, to wear an improper expression on your face (to look incredulous when a victory was announced, for example) was itself a punishable offense. There was even a word for it in Newspeak: facecrime, it was called." (55) plentschnp2020 https://padlet.com/bconwaynp2020/qdriczvl7pw3/wish/448056633 2020-02-20 14:54:08 UTC https://padlet.com/bconwaynp2020/qdriczvl7pw3/wish/448056633 Most technology is fairly new to people and they might not understand that the government can use it for other purposes than most people would think. lmaring2021 https://padlet.com/bconwaynp2020/qdriczvl7pw3/wish/448059450 2020-02-20 14:57:14 UTC https://padlet.com/bconwaynp2020/qdriczvl7pw3/wish/448059450 "In general you could not assume that you were much safer in the country than in London. There were no telescreens, of course, but there was always the danger of concealed microphones by which your voice might be picked up and recognized; besides, it was not easy to make a journey by yourself without attracting attention." (148) plentschnp2020 https://padlet.com/bconwaynp2020/qdriczvl7pw3/wish/448062795 2020-02-20 15:01:17 UTC https://padlet.com/bconwaynp2020/qdriczvl7pw3/wish/448062795 "A good example of willingness to invite corporations into our homes is the rollout of the Amazon Echo and the Google Home. These devices, while built for an innocuous and utilitarian purpose of being a home assistant, are ears which can record, store and report sound heard in its environment. This includes conversations." (learning-mind.com) bconwaynp2020 https://padlet.com/bconwaynp2020/qdriczvl7pw3/wish/448069001 This quote is a fact from an outside source that did   a report on how technological advances are fueling privacy invasions.]]> 2020-02-20 15:08:52 UTC https://padlet.com/bconwaynp2020/qdriczvl7pw3/wish/448069001 "Numerous government agencies—including the National Security Agency, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Department of Homeland Security, and state and local law enforcement agencies—intrude upon the private communications of innocent citizens, amass vast databases of who we call and when, and catalog “suspicious activities” based on the vaguest standards." plentschnp2020 https://padlet.com/bconwaynp2020/qdriczvl7pw3/wish/448623720 This quote is a fact from an outside source that did a report on how privacy is invaded by the government.]]> 2020-02-21 15:11:13 UTC https://padlet.com/bconwaynp2020/qdriczvl7pw3/wish/448623720 lmaring2021 https://padlet.com/bconwaynp2020/qdriczvl7pw3/wish/448624053 2020-02-21 15:11:42 UTC https://padlet.com/bconwaynp2020/qdriczvl7pw3/wish/448624053