Hacker News new | ask | show | jobs
by q4814 3403 days ago
Ahem Orwell's 1984. It's a book.
2 comments

I bought that as an ebook on Amazon but it got remotely deleted for 'copyright' reasons from my kindle so I never got to read it. Is there something about listening devices in it?
Telescreens more or less fit the bill. From Wikipedia:

> Telescreens are fictional devices which operate as both televisions and security cameras. [...] All members of the Inner Party (upper-class) and Outer Party (middle-class) have telescreens in their homes [...] Telescreen cameras do not have night vision technology [but] their microphones are incredibly sensitive, and they are said to pick up a heartbeat.

Surely you're joking. Kindle himself deleting books that warn against Alexa technology, "for copyright reasons", is worth both a good laugh and a war.

If you're not joking, please write a blogpost about it and post it on HN.

I don't need to blog about it - it was headline news:

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2009/jul/17/amazon-ki...

you can read it online for free here

http://www.george-orwell.org/1984/

I can't tell if they are joking or really didn't pick up on this.
That's part of why it's a good joke...or is it?