A prevalent theme throughout 1984 is the totalitarian future where society lives under extreme government surveillance. At the time of the release of the novel, this idea probably seemed outlandish. But over time, due to the digital age, some of these ideas don't seem too far from reality. Something I remember learning about before high school was PRISM, a government surveillance program controlled by the National Security Agency. It became known that they collected information and communications from various internet companies and its general existence was leaked to the public by Edward Snowden. He claimed PRISM was dangerous and was associated with criminal activities. This scandal had drastic effects on companies and websites that were part of the rise of the internet age. Google, for instance, constantly denied being used by the government to steal information from users. When does security become too much? Do you think we have to worry about reports such as this?