never !
How quickly people forget…
Folk really should go (download/stream from your favourite online movie provider since VHS/DVD rental from you local Blockbuster no longer available! 
) watch one of the classic 1984 films based on Mr Orwell’s book - e,g,
To quote form the IMDB synopsis :
“…via its inescapable network of telescreens. These devices, which pervade all aspects of peoples’ lives, are also capable of monitoring their every word and action. They form part of an elaborate surveillance system used by the Ministry of Love, and its dreaded Agents, the “Thought Police”, to serve their singular goal: the elimination of “thoughtcrime”…”
We dont need a totalitarian state to impose them when instead we willing invite them into our homes and swallow statements about how they take our privacy seriously and how they can be turned off and will let us know when functioning - Yeh, right! 
Convenience and easy/free/cheap use uber alles? 'nuff said! 
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If you want 1984 in under one minute then take a look at Apple’s famous 1984 advert screened during SuperBowl January 1984…
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