Surveillance architecture embeds a private communication channel for the watched
Evidence
Here the use of the tin speaking-tubes would be seen again, in the means they would afford to the patient, though he were equal to no more than a whisper, of conveying to the lodge the most immediate notice of his wants, and receiving answers in a tone equally unproductive of disturbance. — Jeremy Bentham, The Panopticon Writings, 251
Categorization
- XREF: The tin speaking-tubes echo the two-way channel of surveillance: the watched can signal needs but the exchange remains within the inspector’s system — parallel to how Winston communicates yet is always within the Party’s reach. — connects to: Visible visitors in the central tower create avenues for conspiratorial signaling — Jeremy Bentham, The Panopticon Writings, 292