Justice Sotomayor says technology could lead to “Orwellian world”

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Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor says that without proper privacy safeguards, the advancement of technology could lead to a world like the one portrayed in "1984" by George Orwell. Speaking to Oklahoma City University faculty and students, the justice said that technology has allowed devices to "listen to your conversations from miles away and through your walls." She added: "We are in that brave new world, and we are capable of being in that Orwellian world, too."


Justice Sotomayor says technology could lead to “Orwellian world”