Total surveillance

"Are we monitored everywhere and at all times?"

They are installing cameras everywhere and collecting our data. Financial transactions are monitored. Telephone and internet communication is intercepted – even in private spaces. Under the pretext of protecting society from crime, Western states are increasingly transforming into surveillance states.
Sounds just like 1984, George Orwell’s classic novel, doesn’t it? Is it all just fiction, then? Unfortunately, no. More and more scientists and experts, including Noam Chomsky, Yuval Harari, and whistleblower Edward Snowden, are warning about this trend. They condemn mass surveillance as a gross violation of privacy and a severe threat to personal freedom and democracy.