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>>fortra+(OP)
> Just by walking outside, people are now tracked by ever-present cameras, from Amazon’s Ring units outside homes to surveillance at banks and retail stores

I’m certainly not advocating in favour of serial killers, but I can’t help thinking that George Orwell apparently never envisaged that people would not only welcome Big Brother into their homes, but actually pay for the privilege.

>>doctor+Ba
1984 was not about surveillance. Surveillance was not what enabled the state depicted in 1984 to exist. The entire final section of the book explains, in detail why the state in 1984 exists and it's not because of the telescreens.

The telescreens and their usage was a tool in the arsenal of the state, but it wasn't why it functioned, nor how it came into existence.

>>XorNot+jc
Although it's many years since I (re-)read the book, I do understand that. Nevertheless, in fiction, the surveillance was apparently mandated by the central government.

In reality, we invite the surveillance home, and give it breakfast.