Big Brother

I was listening to the radio this morning (98 rock morning show) and they brought up a conversation about this new technology they have that hacks computers. Apparently some man bought this program and its able to remotely track the strokes on someone elses keyboard. It also lets you know where they are going while they are on the computer. Tying these both together, you are now able to hack someone elses computer relatively easily. This man used it to start spreading gossip about a female coworker, who eventually got fired. He finally was caught, and is now on house arrest.
I find the idea that this is even possible extremely scary. If consumers, every day joe's can find stuff like this to ruin peoples lives, imagining it in the hands of the wrong person is not something I would ever like to do. Also if it is consumer available somewhere, it means that the government already uses it to track motions of people they are watching. It really seems that the world is turning into 1984, just 26 years later. Just remember- Big Brother is watching.