1984 Unfolding as Public Surveillance Technologies Deployed Without ConsentBy Isaac Davis Recent developments and roll-outs of advanced facial recognition technology are a hint of the coming ubiquity in using biometric, face-scanning, emotion-reading, all-seeing technology to govern every detail of daily life. Consider the following developments: The justification for using this technology against a public who is never given the opportunity to consent or to op-out is, as always, public safety, as police and government agencies claim the technology is needed to spot criminal elements, gang members and other threats to the public. Here, a quote from George Orwell offers a glimpse of what the inevitable outcome of this is: 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 yourselfanything that carried with it the suggestion of abnormality, of having something to hide. In any case, to wear an improper expression on your face (to look incredulous when a victory was announced, for example) was itself a punishable offence. There was even a word for it in Newspeak: FACECRIME, it was called. 1984, George Orwell Here, RT discusses how Microsoft used emotion reading facial recognition technologyat political conventions andhow some are resisting the way this technology is being introduced into our society. Privacy and anonymity are the enemies of the state, and it is being destroyed without our consent by both government and corporations who are deploying technology with no consideration of the human consequences. The possibilities for a techno-totalitarian future are grim, but without awareness and without motivation to resist, it is all but a forgone conclusion. Orwell himself warned us of how this dark vision would force itself into fruition unless we stood against it. At the end of his life he even gave us this final warning. Are you listening? Read more articles byIsaac Davis. Isaac Davisis a staff writer for WakingTimes.com and OffgridOutpost.com Survival Tips blog. Heis an outspoken advocate of liberty andof a voluntary society. He is an avid reader of history and passionate about becoming self-sufficientto break free of the control matrix.Follow him on Facebook, here. Like Waking Times on Facebook. Follow Waking Times on Twitter. This article (1984 Unfolding as Public Surveillance Technologies Deployed Without Consent) was originally created and published by Waking Times and is published here under a Creative Commonslicense with attribution toIsaac Davisand WakingTimes.com. It may be re-posted freely with proper attribution, author bio, and this copyright statement. Next up : the terminator bots. 