Your data or your freedom? - VPRO documentary - 2014

How do we remain in charge of our own data? Are there ways to escape the digital dystopia, where your data tells everything about you? We live in the world after Edward Snowden. The communication of citizens and consumers is widely intercepted and monitored. Your data is being monitored and analyzed, and now even sold. We seem to be trapped in a global digital web, created by governments and Silicon Valley.
Original title: Bureau voor digitale sabotage
We thought the digital revolution would make us the world of communication. But now we are caught in a global digital web. Your smartphone, your bonus card, your modem, your DigiD, your medical patient file, your search request, your Facebook account, your heating thermostat, your text messages. At each headline, it just seems to be closing on you. The patch on our webcam illustrates: The Big Brothers and Little Sisters are getting closer.
Backlight looks behind the madness of the day and asks the question: how do we remain in charge of our own data? Are there ways to escape the digital dystopia? Director Marije Meerman borrows the glasses of activists, predictors and science fiction writers and travels the world in search of digital escape routes and political strategies for resistance and sabotage. Are we the last generation who have experienced privacy and freedom as a normal part of life? How do we get through the new digital reality? With critic and author of "The Net Delusion: How Not to Liberate the World" Evgeny Morozov, science fiction author Charlie Stross, The Pirate Bay founder and activist Peter Sunde, author and politician for the Pirates Party Anke Domscheit-Berg and IT Security Consultant Eleanor Saitta.
Originally broadcasted by VPRO in 2014.
© VPRO Backlight August 2014
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Credits:
Director: Marije Meerman
Research: William de Bruijn / Jasper Koning
Production: Marie Schutgens
Editors in chief: Henneke Hagen, Frank Wiering
English, French and Spanish subtitles: Ericsson.
French and Spanish subtitles are co-funded by European Union.

[@vprodocumentary]

Hello Everyone, Next Sunday 9pm CET on vpro documentary, we will publish another big data related documentary: The real value of your data. How much is it worth, who owns it, can you make money out of it? Let us know what you think of our documentaries, we really value all your feedback, it is always useful and insightful. (and don't forget to activate the subtitles by clicking on the CC button before commenting that there are no subtitles! :) We work really hard on our international channels to provide all our documentaries with English, French and Spanish subtitles. Unless stated otherwise, they are there. :)

[@janvanc7190]

As always, an extremely good documentary from VPRO. Thank you for elaborating on such and important issue and making the viewers aware that something can actually be undertaken to stop and change the mushrooming dark cloud of mass surveillance. To everyone who watches this documentary, please pass it to as many people as you can.

[@vprodocumentary]

Thank you for your appreciation and support Jan!

[@Derbauer]

amazing eye opening well made documentary, thank you creators and thank you all at vypro.

[@vprodocumentary]

Thank you Birkhauer for your review. We are glad you enjoyed it, and we hope to read you more often in the comments!

[@brianvittachi6869]

Thank you for this doc. The Big Brother scenario of 1984 is now upon us full time and with our permission.

[@jean-claudepaquette1089]

Very well done ...

[@TENNSUMITSUMA]

sad that im the 104th viewer an the first commenter. in any case, all hail hero Snowden!

[@erikvoorhies5397]

36:35 "Sorry can't skype right now, ripping a vpro documentary for YT, I can't believe I don't have a dedicated box for this! lol!"

[@TENNSUMITSUMA]

people wonder why my phone is rooted, use signal and ghostery and my sd card and phone encrypted.

[@WanganWolfgang]

Its crazy that you guys were filming people without their permission but I can see how that fits with the theme of the documentary.

[@vprodocumentary]

:)

[@shigatsuningen]

If you think it is required to ask permission before filming people on a public path or sidewalk you are sorely misinformed. This is precisely the focal point of the documentary. You have no privacy. You have only a perception of privacy. Consider this fact the next time you read about changes to your legislation suggesting banning citizens from filming police conducting wrongful arrests. Also consider this when you review the suggestion for an overall mind and thought police of EU. www.europarl.europa.eu/meetdocs/2009_2014/documents/libe/dv/11_revframework_statute_/11_revframework_statute_en.pdf If YOU don't think as they say, they reserve the right to re-educate you in proper thinking. Study closely section 7b. Also note there is no provision for legal council for the accused.

[@johnmiller7453]

We weren't doing anything with our privacy and freedom anyway.

[@lizzybesmiling]

Just when I'm really enjoying your video ....BAM . . . . some of us don't speak Dutch :( ♡

[@vprodocumentary]

Hi Lizzybesmiling! We know that Dutch is not spoken by everyone, that's why we subtitle all our videos in English, French and Spanish. The subtitles are available in the closed captions. So, now you can enjoy this documentary all the way (and all the other ones on our channel). ;)

[@lluc84]

I don't know why but I feel like if I see that I would like to install Linux or trow my computer far away...

[@WanganWolfgang]

You should but it's difficult to move away from what you're used to.

[@jellobiafra4660]

Linux Ubuntu is free,very similar to windows.

[@jellobiafra4660]

@@WanganWolfgang Try linux Ubuntu.

[@thirdfiddle3652]

The documentary is great but the philosophical content of it is still disappointing : you don't seem to understand that mass surveillance and data mining is a direct product of the democratic process itself... If you pretend that the state or the governement functions according to "people's will", you'll end up having to manage it with more subtle and efficient means... The main role of media in western societies is to shape and control the "public debate" : this is a new chapter and a refinement in a very old story... But no one will ever cure the shortcomings of democracy with "more democracy" : the outcome would be deeper flaws and greater dangers... Yes, the problem is mainly political : but this means that the whole process and its ideals is problematic... These so called democratic ideals are failinng before our eyes and we have to find something else... PS : relying on Habermas and Weber to understand the rising of the modern state is a joke...

[@minivanjack]

The use of German language without English subtitles is a perfect example of trying to communicate and failing. More than half of this is in English. If that is your language, prepare to be neglected. So what is this? "We shall insult and neglect those who are not multi-lingual" ? "Such people do not deserve to understand our film" ?

[@vprodocumentary]

Hello Minivanjack, Our channel publishes only documentaries with multilingual subtitles. That's why they are not burned in the video, so viewers can choose the language they want: English, French or Spanish. For this reason, in order to see the subtitles, you need to activate the captions on the video player. If you click on the wheel icon, you can select which language of subtitles you want. We have the utmost respect for our viewers and we work really hard in order to provide all our documentaries with subtitles. Our other channel kzbin.info also publishes documentaries with subtitles. We hope you enjoy watching our programs.

[@mashavu09]

minivanjack same thought here! Subtitles needed! Anyway excellent documentary Vpro

[@vprodocumentary]

Hi Eric. The subtitles are in the closed captions. Our channel is specifically created with that purpose: Making our documentaries available with subtitles for the the public worldwide.