George Orwell wrote:
Behind Winston's back the voice from the XboxOne was still babbling away about subscribing to Live TV and the exclusive DLC for Call of Duty 27. The XboxOne received and transmitted simultaneously. Any sound that Winston made, above the level of a very low whisper, even his heartbeat, would be picked up by it, moreover, so long as he remained within the field of vision which the metal plaque commanded, he could be seen as well as heard. There was of course no way of knowing whether you were being watched at any given moment. How often, or on what system, Microsoft plugged in on any individual wire was guesswork. It was even conceivable that they watched everybody all the time. But at any rate, with the always on requirement they could plug in your wire whenever they wanted to. You had to live -- did live, from habit that became instinct -- in the assumption that every sound you made was overheard, and, except in darkness, every movement scrutinized.