George Orwell may have written 1984 as a warning, but it appears that the book is inspiring high-tech surveillance. According to Russian business daily Vedomosti, a new facial recognition system coming to every school in the country has been ominously named “Orwell.” The system will keep the lucky kids safe by following their movements and spotting outsiders lurking on school premises, the newspaper reports. The platform identifies targets from video and thermal imaging streams using algorithms developed by tech firm Elvees Neotech. A spokesperson for the company said that parents and children wouldn’t be added to the system without their consent. He added that the…

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