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= __1984__ IN OUR TIME? PRIVACY IN THE DIGITAL AGE =

So we have finished George Orwell's dystopian novel, [|1984]. It would seem most students looked at a time where civil rights were meaningless and a brutal government as all-powerful did not apply to us. We do not live in Nazi Germany or the Soviet Union, after all. But is it so? Does this book apply to us, also? **How close are we to living in George Orwell's nightmare world where freedom is nothing and privacy non-existent? This is the basic question we shall examine in this project.** What do you think? Why?


 * In groups of three, you shall engage in this process:**

Note: To keep you honest and make sure all members have contributed to the success of this group project, please have your [|Group-Brag-Sheet.pdf] filled out and ready to turn in. Thank you!


 * Groups:**
 * Right to privacy in the workplace and/or school.
 * GPS on children's/spouse's phones
 * Do police need a warrant to place GPS device on vehicle? NSA and digital privacy in the USA
 * Privacy on Facebook and Gmail
 * iPhone/smartphone and "free wifi" privacy
 * Corporations collecting data on consumers - data mining
 * Digital free speech rights at school/workplace
 * Drug testing at the workplace and/or school
 * Cameras on campus and in public

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 * //Tech/Video Roles://** Get the audio files for video [|here]! Good luck!

= = = IS PRIVACY IMPORTANT? =


 * You are going to write a four paragraph persuasive essay on one of the following:**
 * 1) Persuade Mr. Geib to get, or not to get, a GPS-equipped cell phone for his daughters, Julia and Elizabeth Anne.
 * 2) Persuade Principal Joe Bova to install, or not to install, video cameras in the quad and/or classrooms.
 * 3) Make up your own question!

= IS PRIVACY, AS WE USED TO KNOW IT, A DOOMED PHENOMENON? =

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