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Big Brother’s Algorithm

From Telescreens to Smartphones: How 1984's Surveillance State Became Reality

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Big Brother’s Algorithm

By: James G. Edwards II
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Have you ever felt watched—even when alone?

In Big Brother’s Algorithm: From Telescreens to Smartphones, James G. Edwards II confronts the haunting transformation of surveillance—from Orwell’s telescreens to the algorithms now embedded in every device we own. Through vivid storytelling and incisive analysis, Edwards reveals how governments and corporations quietly collect, analyze, and deploy our personal data.

The book journeys through:

  • The prophetic foresight of 1984, and the mechanisms of control that became reality.
  • The explosive growth of digital surveillance—from metadata collection to face recognition.
  • Smartphones turned into modern pieds-à-terre of control, learning our patterns before we know them ourselves.
  • Real-life snapshots: the Chinese social credit system, smart-city monitoring, predictive policing, and corporate ad targeting.

But this isn’t a dystopian resignation. Edwards offers a roadmap for resilience—exploring encryption, grassroots activism, and emerging regulatory frameworks that might reclaim digital autonomy.

If you believe privacy is more than nostalgia, if you sense your freedom is being engineered, this book is your wake-up call. Discover how surveillance evolved—and how we might turn it back.

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Freedom & Security Law Politics & Government Security & Encryption Social Sciences
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