Lastly, the US government has absolute access to your social media websites. This was a very shocking matter when the Obama administration has been caught spying on the Verizon Wireless phone calls (Greenwald). Anyone, from young teens to older people have a type of electronic device that the government can have complete access to. The US government, just as much as the Party in Oceania, meet in secret to discuss important information that is needed to be found out or shared. The similarity in between these two governments are very much alike. Clearly, the methods that Oceania and US government have to supervise their people is violating their private lives.
Hidden microphones in 1984 can be compared to audio surveillance today. For instance, there were not only hidden telescreens, but Julia and Winston also noticed "concealed microphones which your voice might be recognized." (98). This shows that the citizens were not aware of the microphones presence and that it can spot any signs of rebellion or illegal behavior. In addition, government North Korea restricts many of its citizens to have any type of contact with foreign countries which causes the populations ignorance to increase. It was found that some North Koreans were detected to have a South Korean dialect through the smuggled audio (Hassig), in their home. This is implying that an individual in North Korea can be caught speaking any new dialects, which is restricted, in order to get a proper punishment after violating the laws of their country. It shows how controlling North Korea is with anybodys communication by having hidden audio devices. In addition, this situation doesnt only happen in a dictated country, it happens right in our backyard, the US. For instance, the US government, said by the NSA, has everyone in the US under total surveillance by collecting digital data that can be captured and stored but is doing all of this without individual warrants (Dewsbury) .