Answers to a few questions...

When I posted my blog "Wait...How is Little Brother Dystopian?" I got a few questions. This blog post is written to answer these excellent questions, all three of which were posed by Mrs. Barnes.

Are there any more injustices in this society?

Absolutely, though I chose to write about the privacy issues because it was the biggest issue of all, the one that the book itself was based upon and written to combat.
Besides the numerous obvious privacy issues, there is another issue standing out: terrorism.
     Terrorists were the people who caused the mess in the book. It was them who wanted to cause confusion, anger and, ultimately, terror. In many ways, terrorists and terrorism can, and have, created dystopian scenes. Terrorists, sometimes only one person, can cause an extreme, and unnecessary loss of life.

What are the injustices in our society that this novel relates to?

Here is an example to help outline the injustice caused by terrorists.

One extreme (not to mention very real) example is the terrorist attacks on 9/11. 4 orchestrated attacks upon everyday America. Confusion all along the streets. Debris everywhere. Explosions. Nearly 3000 people dead. More than 6000 people injured. At the moment, there was no better description of a real-life dystopia. Only 19 people (horrible people) took the lives of almost 3000 innocent people and the injury of almost 6000 more. Now, if that isn't an issue, I don't know what is.
In fact, this disaster leaves its mark, even today. Airport security has transformed into a business taken far, far more seriously. Air flight patterns are tracked more carefully. There are identification checks, security screening, and aircraft security, all of which have been greatly improved.

So yes, there is another injustice, to everyone, animal or person. And it is a very, very real issue.

What is the author's message/warning?

The author, Cory Doctorow, stated a clear message, though I may have truncated it. I said "Everyone has a right to privacy!" Now, I will elaborate on it.

Doctorow's character, Marcus, clearly stated that he wanted privacy, that everyone had a right to privacy. This is true, but only to the point where it can actually prove useful to you and those around you.
     If the DHS (Department of Homeland Security) hadn't been taking away the privacy of innocents for no good reason, then Marcus would've willingly given up at least a part of his privacy in order to catch terrorists. However, the DHS was only capturing innocent people and torturing them, including himself. That's why Marcus used technology to combat the harmfully intrusive DHS.
     The message in the story is that everyone, young or old, rich or poor, has a right to privacy, but only to the point where it can protect someone from actual harm. You must also respect authority, but if they start taking you away to prison, torturing you, and physically and mentally harming and scarring you, then you should probably take action to protect your privacy, because this is the kind of situation where it can save you.