London is launching a new program to help people “Fight crime from [their] sofa.” The first thing I thought was:
“The children, on the other hand, were systematically turned against their parents and taught to spy on them and report their deviations. The family had become in effect an extension of the Thought Police. It was a device by means of which everyone could be surrounded night and day by informers who knew him intimately. ” — George Orwell, 1984