The Voluntary Panopticon: How Convenience Became Surveillance (And You Paid For It)
Orwell’s Big Brother required force. Ours requires WiFi. In 1984, the Ministry of Truth watched citizens through telescreens installed by the state. Mandatory. Unavoidable. Totalitarian. In 2025, you installed the telescreen yourself. You pay a monthly subscription for it. You carry it everywhere. You panic when the battery dies. And you call it ”convenience.” Big … The Voluntary Panopticon: How Convenience Became Surveillance (And You Paid For It)