"You had to live in the assumption that every sound you made was overheard, and, except in darkness, every movement scrutinized" (Orwell 7). The fictitious style of living from the book 1984 was written more than 55 years ago by George Orwell, but some privacy rights advocates argue that it may soon be coming true ("Introduction to Are Privacy Rights Being Violated?: At Issue"). Edward Snowden, a whistleblower who spoke out against the National Security Agency, spoke directly toward the cameras for an interview in Moscow and described how “government surveillance methods far surpass those described in Orwell’s dystopian novel” (Witte). Due to contemporary surveillance in America, privacy issues can be compared with the surveillance and espionage of the government in 1984. One of the ways that privacy invasions occur in the modern world and in 1984 is through technology and electronic surveillance. Electronic surveillance is defined as the secretive monitoring of people, places, or events, with the aid of electronic devices (“Electronic Surveillance”). One of the easiest ways to spy on people is to set up cameras and microphones in order to obtain information. Government officials in 1984 also use cameras and microphones to spy on its citizens and to accuse them of crimes by listening and watching them. Another piece of technology that is commonly used for spying is the internet. Computers, with the help of the internet, have a 93% accuracy rate of knowing where a person will be, before they even get up to move (“Is Too Much Intelligence Being Gathered on US Citizens”). Computers can predict a person’s movements by using data from text messages or other messaging devices and websites that a person pulls up on the internet. In 1984, people’s movements are overseen by the many cameras that are placed around the city. A third type of electronic surveillance is wiretapping. Wiretapping involves the monitoring of telephonic and telegraphic information (Batten 426-430). Wiretapping most commonly is used by a third party member listening in on a two person phone c