Little Brother and Technology

One aspect of Little Brother I found to be the most interesting, was the aspect having to do with technology. Being a little bit of a nerd myself, I can halfway relate/understand the stuff that goes on with the Xbox and the security stuff and etc. Now a lot of this is a bit into the future, and does not exist, but I just really enjoyed the slope the author took with the advancement of technology. Specifically I thought there was a certain irony to be had. It seems that the further that security systems progressed, the further hacking systems progressed as well, and then one step further. It is almost as if the harder that the government and the school board tried to make an airtight environment, the harder that normal people had to push against it to get out. In some ways it inspired people like Marcus to become very technology-wise as they discovered new ways around the ridiculous security, and in other ways, it just made the environment an even more insecure place because of false hope the systems provided.