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| − | Orwell:Keeping an Eye on you is an episodic video game developed by German indie developer Osmotic Studios released on October 20, 2016. In Orwell, the player assumes the role of an operator of the Orwell surveillance system where together with a handler you solve who organized the recent terrorist bombing of the Freedom Plaza. The Orwell surveillance system is able to create and store profiles for persons of interest and builds these profiles by collecting information about them online. The Orwell system is also able to tap into online messaging and phone calls and collect information on the targets that way. It may also access computers and phones and collect information gathered from the files on these devices. As the operator of the Orwell system is it your job to look at all these pieces of information and figure out which pieces of information you want to upload to the system for your handler to look at. | + | Orwell:Keeping an Eye on you is an episodic video game developed by German indie developer Osmotic Studios<ref name="website" /> released on October 20, 2016. In Orwell, the player assumes the role of an operator of the Orwell surveillance system where together with a handler you solve who organized the recent terrorist bombing of the Freedom Plaza. The Orwell surveillance system is able to create and store profiles for persons of interest and builds these profiles by collecting information about them online. The Orwell system is also able to tap into online messaging and phone calls and collect information on the targets that way. It may also access computers and phones and collect information gathered from the files on these devices. As the operator of the Orwell system is it your job to look at all these pieces of information and figure out which pieces of information you want to upload to the system for your handler to look at. |
=== Ethical Issues === | === Ethical Issues === | ||
Revision as of 21:02, 11 March 2019
Orwell:Keeping an Eye on you is an episodic video game developed by German indie developer Osmotic Studios[1] released on October 20, 2016. In Orwell, the player assumes the role of an operator of the Orwell surveillance system where together with a handler you solve who organized the recent terrorist bombing of the Freedom Plaza. The Orwell surveillance system is able to create and store profiles for persons of interest and builds these profiles by collecting information about them online. The Orwell system is also able to tap into online messaging and phone calls and collect information on the targets that way. It may also access computers and phones and collect information gathered from the files on these devices. As the operator of the Orwell system is it your job to look at all these pieces of information and figure out which pieces of information you want to upload to the system for your handler to look at.
Ethical Issues
This game evokes many problems with surveillance and how it can be used to spy on innocent people.
