When we react about surveillance i feel like some of us over-react for something that is not so big. In my opinion. Although we are told that we are being “watched” i don't feel like we are through our technology visually i mean. Rather mostly when we are on the web. They gather our data but, they don't miss use it. Rather they are just checking for any threats. They are doing their job protecting the nation and keeping us safe. When we hear that they are “spying” on us we view the situation on a personal level view. Rather than seeing it as a whole ( all of us) . In a way the surveillance isn't even really effecting our everyday lives. We all live everyday like any other ordinary day. Unlike oceania Big Brother controls and manipulate their people. We aren't on that level. I guess the government really doesn't tell us much because we really don't sit and think about the situation rather we overreact and go into conclusion. News reports send out the message but they twist many words and make it seem much more worse than it actually is. In a way the government should address it , rather than it being hacked and release. It would make us feel a little bit more comfortable if it came from them rather from other sources. We need to see surveillance from a positive perspective and see how it actually is useful for us.
I completely agree Valeria! Surveillance isn't always a bad thing. I mean sure they can be watching us at all times but they don't use the information for anything other than to protect us. Which brings me back to the point Fletcher was making in class on Friday. Why would we want to know the specifics of how the government observes the information, what they use it for, and e.t.c. when that would only make us more afraid of our country's government and criminals would monitor what they say and do in order to not get caught. At least it's not as bad as it is in 1984, where they use everything they say and do against them.
ReplyDeleteSurveillance necessarily isn't a bad thing. Maybe after reading this book, we are drawn to think that it is. The government isn't collecting our information for their own personal game or for a sense of power, such as the Party would. They genuinely want to protect us from any harm, so it makes sense for the government to be readily observing us and gathering information. From what was mentioned during Socratic Seminar, we would like to be told what the information is being used for and how they do it, but we honestly don't care of any other logistics. If the government we re to print out documents of all our information and our data, we wouldn't read it. We wouldn't care. It would just be nice to be told what is going on, just so we have an idea of what is going on and to close the gap between the government and the people.
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