Are We Entering the Orwellian Era of 'Nineteen Eighty-Four?'

Big tech companies, including Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) and Facebook (NASDAQ: FB), are at war over the collection of consumers' personal data. Yet the truth behind the rhetoric and posturing is that a number of big tech companies are hoarding more of our data than ever before. How will this evolve in the coming years?

On this clip from Motley Fool Live, recorded on Feb. 8, "The Wrap" host Jason Hall, Fool analyst Auri Hughes, and Fool.com contributor Danny Vena talk about the battle lines being drawn between user privacy and data collection and how it plays out in the future.

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