Life imitates art: the eavesdropping TV

February 9th, 2015 by Charles Cameron

[ by Charles Cameron — an excellent example of a DoubleQuote in the Wild ]

Excellent use of a DoubleQuote in the Wild from Parker Higgins:

Left: Samsung SmartTV privacy policy, warning users not to discuss personal info in front of their TV Right: 1984 pic.twitter.com/osywjYKV3W

— Parker Higgins (@xor) February 8, 2015

However: I don’t believe Orwell was recommending the kind of future he depicted. Neither does Parker Higgins, and neither do you.

So why are we rushing headlong into Orwell’s dystopia?

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