Orwellian Society?

I have recently looked into the novel "World without secrets" as a part of learning about our digital age and the ramifications that we have to face because of our place in it. It discusses the idea of a collective "Big Brother" that knows what we do and when we do it and also punishes us for those actions. It seems to be a good read, although kind of expensive ($29.95 YIKES!). I searched google products for it, changed the criteria to sort from low to high priced and found some veeeery inexpensive used copies. I do recommend buying used copies of books online as I have made a few purchases and have been completely satisfied with the results. I bought a book for .99 and thought the copy was good enough for me. Back to the novel at hand, there is a question that arises within the book: Is Big Brother bad or good for the society? Shouldn't those that have nothing to hide be okay with the fact that they Can't hide anything? I will have to read further into the story to see what the answer here is, but in my own life I would have to say "no. That is not okay."