Back in 1949 the world was still recovering from World War II. The Korean War wouldn’t start for another year, but George Orwell was already focused on the dangers of communism and the totalitarianist government it builds. World War II was started by totalitarian governments; but worse than that was how such governments treat the citizens living under their control.
In his book 1984, the government, encapsulated in the persona of “Big Brother,” knew everything about everyone; where they were, what they were doing and even what they were thinking much of the time. This was used to keep control of people to an extreme that even the now defunct Soviet Union couldn’t reach. Yet with modern technology, the reality of such a government could very well be forming around us and we don’t even see it happening.
As we know, the government is actively spying on every one of us. That’s the essence of Edward Snowden’s message, since he left the employ of the NSA. While that spying is intended to help prevent terrorism, we’ve seen some in government be awfully free in their use of that term. One can quickly find themselves labeled as a terrorist if the political winds blow the wrong way.
Here are some easy ways to begin your privacy journey. We all are aware that the state through its five-eyes association is following our every move, right? Well, we don’t have to make it easy for them to track us like they were bloodhounds, all the time. You can see some of these easy techniques to block the easily done spying to make them have a better reason for tracking you, other than, we can do it. These methods are not good enough to keep them off of you, but they will make them think about expending the resources to casually spy on you, and maybe, even refrain completely.