Here is how Orwell's narrator, Winston Smith, described the surveillance system that they faced: "There was, of course, no way of knowing whether you were being watched at any given moment."
Evo kako Orwellov pripovjedač, Winston Smith, opisuje nadzorni sustav s kojim se suočava: ''Nije postojao, dakako,  nikakav način da saznaš promatraju li te u nekom trenutku.''