"It was terribly dangerous to let your thoughts wander when you were in any public place or within range of a telescreen. The smallest thing could give you away. A nervous tic, an unconscious look of anxiety, a habit of muttering to yourself – anything that carried with it the suggestion of abnormality, of having something to hide."
These words written by George Orwell in his novel 1984 have now, arguably, become true. Most cameras are pretty much being watched by cameras for most of the day. And while these cameras are largely privately owned rather than state-operated, it still raises understandable privacy concerns.
