Big Brother is Watching You!

Hi,

How many of you have read Orwell's 1984? Remember the huge posters of Big Brother (BB)? warning janta that he/she is being watched? How about the cameras implanted in houses, and people being used to these cameras? And scared of their own thoughts, just in case BB was watching! Phew!

I read an article not too long ago. A company is trying to market x-ray machines that scan humans at airports; the identity of the person and the body come on two different screens, basically a person appears nude on another screen, face distorted and another for recognition.... this is all to prevent terrorist acts. NO more strip-searching! No more can terrorists hide! The article talked of privacy, main hindrance to implementing such a thing! The article ended on funny note of how govt. just might sell revealing pix/or can't guarantee that pix won't land up on google somehow.

My question is how far can the govt go???? How much are you willing to sacrifice for your safety???? HOw much is too much interference???? I know I wouldn't feel comfortable being screened🤢. Can the govt. actually brainwash us into accepting such a thing? After all, we have accepted plenty of other things!😆

What do you think?😊

Persy

Originally posted by: reeps

Hi,

How many of you have read Orwell's 1984? Remember the huge posters of Big Brother (BB)? warning janta that he/she is being watched? How about the cameras implanted in houses, and people being used to these cameras? And scared of their own thoughts, just in case BB was watching! Phew!

I read an article not too long ago. A company is trying to market x-ray machines that scan humans at airports; the identity of the person and the body come on two different screens, basically a person appears nude on another screen, face distorted and another for recognition.... this is all to prevent terrorist acts. NO more strip-searching! No more can terrorists hide! The article talked of privacy, main hindrance to implementing such a thing! The article ended on funny note of how govt. just might sell revealing pix/or can't guarantee that pix won't land up on google somehow.

The ACLU will tie it up in legal battles for so long, the company will go bankrupt😆

My question is how far can the govt go????

Privacy is a relative term, I think Govt can invade your privacy(as in checking your belonging, doing body search on you etc) as long as we are in a public place and they are aware there cannot be any unappopriate stuff done or they will have billion $$ lawsuit

But Govt cannot intrude the privacy of one's home or supposed private space, which I think they currently do(in child abuse laws, in abortion rights or gay rights)

How much are you willing to sacrifice for your safety????

For the sake of safety in current world, yes, I will allow them more freedom, but I would want an organization like ACLU watching like hawks all the time

HOw much is too much interference????

Getting to know what happens in one's home, getting to know what happens in a doctors office is too much interference, I dont want anyone to tap my phone's, track my business transactions, if they do, I need them to have proof of wrong doing, if not I need to have an ability to sue the Govt, and cost a couple of high level people's job

I know I wouldn't feel comfortable being screened🤢. Can the govt. actually brainwash us into accepting such a thing?

I think the other alternative to body scanner is retina/eye scanner, but eventually in our lifetime, we are going to see that level of screening, it is going to take ages to pass before ACLU lets it through

After all, we have accepted plenty of other things!😆

Privacy is a relative thing, lot of people would not enroll into E-Z pass, just so that they should not be tracked by Big Brother, you have to weigh the benefit of loss of privacy

What do you think?😊

Starting tommorow AM, count the number of times someone CCTV camera's, how many scanners you pass through, you will realize how little of privacy you have😃

Persy