Rewind
1970
“Privacy, always held [as] an American birthright, is being nibbled away steadily,” claimed Newsweek, as the rise of technology ushered in “all the debatable charms of wire-taps, in-depth questionnaires and other up-to-date invaders of the body private.” All this left Americans wondering if “we may end up with 1984 long before we actually get there.” Nearly half a century later in the electronic age of social media, oversharing and data breaches, it begs the question if there’s anything left to be nibbled away.