Rereading 1984

[strugglight]

I'm rereading 1984, which I haven't done in ages.  It had been my favorite book, and I think it still is.

Anyone think that the governments don't need telescreens when we have Google, Yahoo!, and MS tracking all our search data and lots of other personal info?  :-)

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[lilbakht]

An old college friend posted this morning:

"Today, the house passed a bill that would immunize telecommunications companies from lawsuits filed by Americans over wiretaps they placed on undisclosed American citizens, in violation of federal law. This bill is now before the Senate and Barak Obama indicates he will vote for it, to look tough on National Security. Talking heads predict it will sail through the Senate despite bipartisan opposition.

"The bill would also extend the number of days the Justice Department can secretly tap your phones without court permission from three days to thirty."

1984... doesn't feel quite so much like speculative fiction now...