1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:05,900 Yes, that sounds like fun... 2 00:00:06,000 --> 00:0:08,900 Right, do that, ok? 3 00:00:08,000 --> 00:00:11,900 Sorry love, I have to go. 4 00:00:13,000 --> 00:00:15,900 Yes? Okay, see you tonight. 5 00:00:17,000 --> 00:00:19,900 That's okay, yes, do that. 6 00:00:20,000 --> 00:00:24,900 Kiss... bye love. 7 00:00:43,000 --> 00:00:44,900 Sorry about that... 8 00:00:45,000 --> 00:00:47,900 I am pretty set on my privacy. 9 00:00:47,000 --> 00:00:49,900 Like most people I think. 10 00:00:50,000 --> 00:00:54,900 We live in a country where we can do what we want... 11 00:00:54,000 --> 00:00:58,900 Where we're not being listened in on, where you don't go to jail 12 00:00:59,000 --> 00:01:00,900 when you do or say something 'wrong'. 13 00:01:01,000 --> 00:01:06,900 This is what happens in certain corrupt countries or dictatorships where there is no freedom of expression. 14 00:01:07,000 --> 00:01:10,900 Where leaders keep a close eye on their people... 15 00:01:11,000 --> 00:01:12,900 and deprive them of their freedom. 16 00:01:13,000 --> 00:01:20,900 Fortunately, we are safe, as long as we comply with the law and have nothing to hide. 17 00:01:21,000 --> 00:01:24,900 We can do whatever we want, we are not being monitored. 18 00:01:25,000 --> 00:1:28,900 At least, that's what we think... 19 00:01:29,000 --> 00:01:32,700 You probably have no idea, that we're also being monitored. 20 00:01:32,750 --> 00:01:35,150 Being watched and recorded at work and... 21 00:01:35,200 --> 00:01:40,900 in our private life at millions of our daily actions and transactions. We are being watched and analysed by... 22 00:01:40,950 --> 00:1:43,900 the government and corporations. 23 00:01:45,000 --> 00:01:47,000 The more they know about us... 24 00:01:47,050 --> 00:01:51,900 the better they can predict how we react to new products, ads and prices. 25 00:01:52,000 --> 00:01:58,900 That's why corporations put together complex physical data like our expenditures and our behaviour. 26 00:01:59,000 --> 00:02:01,900 Everytime somebody clicks an internet link, dials a number... 27 00:02:02,000 --> 00:02:04,900 uses a credit card, loyalty card or a public transport card... 28 00:02:05,000 --> 00:02:09,900 that person adds important and personal information to their own data record. 29 00:02:10,000 --> 00:02:13,900 To make this work in todays compatitive consumermarket... 30 00:02:14,000 --> 00:02:21,300 companies seek the razors edge of hidden techniques to accomplish this. 31 00:02:22,000 --> 00:02:25,900 Take for example this loyalty card... 32 00:02:29,000 --> 00:02:32,900 in this case I'm being defined by what I buy as... 33 00:02:33,000 --> 00:02:36,900 male, young, rich, healthy... 34 00:02:37,000 --> 00:02:39,900 But perhaps also... impulsive and gullible 35 00:02:41,000 --> 00:02:44,900 and A plus B equals C? 36 00:02:45,000 --> 00:02:47,900 Corporations make nice promises in their privacy statemens... 37 00:02:48,000 --> 00:02:52,900 But this will always loose out in favour of the revenues 38 00:02:53,000 --> 00:02:56,900 Therefore it is very difficult to protect your privacy against companies and the government 39 00:02:57,000 --> 00:03:02,900 In the fight against crime the government can always just get this information. 40 00:03:03,000 --> 00:03:08,900 There is even an EU directive that requires phone companies and internet service providers to... 41 00:03:09,000 --> 00:03:13,200 store the traffic data of every call and every email... 42 00:03:13,300 --> 00:03:16,900 for a minimum of 6 months and a maximum period of 2 years. 43 00:03:17,000 --> 00:03:24,900 This creates an incredibly penetrating tool to find out with whom you've had contact and where you've been. 44 00:03:25,000 --> 00:03:30,900 So the data about the call I made this afternoon has been recorded and is being retained. 45 00:03:32,000 --> 00:03:35,900 It looks like every piece of information by itself is not that important. 46 00:03:36,000 --> 00:03:43,900 But all the pieces of the puzzle are put together to look into on our lives and personal networks. 47 00:03:44,000 --> 00:03:46,900 Unfortunately this is being done by machines... 48 00:03:47,000 --> 00:03:50,900 raizing the possiblility a very distorted picture is formed. 49 00:03:51,000 --> 00:03:53,900 With the correct use of all this information, terrorism and crime can be put to a halt, but... 50 00:03:54,000 --> 00:03:56,900 we've also seen it can go wrong. 51 00:03:57,000 --> 00:04:00,900 When a researcher was looking for heavy water, and he lived in the same street as a Muslim... 52 00:04:01,000 --> 00:04:03,900 they both and their whole street were put under surveillance. 53 00:04:04,000 --> 00:04:08,900 The system missed the fact that the teacher was a chemistry teacher. 54 00:04:09,000 --> 00:04:13,900 Human common sense was replaced with a system created from patterns and by machines. 55 00:04:15,000 --> 00:04:17,400 Dumb systems catch stupid criminals. 56 00:04:18,000 --> 00:04:22,900 Since terrorist attacks are extremely rare and since there is no clear profile... 57 00:04:23,000 --> 00:04:28,900 even the most accurate systems will be flooded with with false alarms in such a way... 58 00:04:29,000 --> 00:04:33,900 that they will be rendered useless because they look for recurring patterns to predict and... 59 00:04:34,000 --> 00:04:37,900 to prevent future events from happening. 60 00:04:38,000 --> 00:04:39,900 The expected pattern even makes us... 61 00:04:40,000 --> 00:04:44,900 watch the skies, while the bombs are placed in trains. 62 00:04:45,000 --> 00:04:49,900 Smart criminals can use this to their advantage. 63 00:04:51,000 --> 00:04:57,900 No system is foolproof and criminals are eager to discover its vulnerabilities. 64 00:05:06,000 --> 00:05:08,900 With CCTV camera's that watch our every move... 65 00:05:09,000 --> 00:05:12,900 our right to privacy; our right to be left alone... has been replaced 66 00:05:13,000 --> 00:05:16,900 with the thought that you might be a potential criminal. 67 00:05:18,000 --> 00:05:22,900 This method has our consent because we got afraid after the terrorist attacks in New York, London and Madrid. 68 00:05:24,000 --> 00:05:32,900 In this Kafka-eske society we've been transformed from people into objects. 69 00:05:33,000 --> 00:05:35,900 What happened to the biggest principle of democracy? 70 00:05:36,000 --> 00:05:40,900 - Innocent until proven guilty! 71 00:05:41,000 --> 00:05:44,900 Privacy isn't meant to be a cover for your sins. 72 00:05:45,000 --> 00:05:48,900 Privacy is all about who has information on you and what they can do with it. 73 00:05:49,000 --> 00:05:53,900 Therefore you must be aware of what information is collected 74 00:05:55,000 --> 00:05:56,900 Checking means everything. 75 00:05:57,000 --> 00:06:00,900 In London citizens are being filmed by CCTV camera's up to 300 times a day. 76 00:06:01,000 --> 00:06:03,900 These camera's grow in numbers and shrink in size. 77 00:06:04,000 --> 00:06:06,900 "I've got nothing to hide" you think... 78 00:06:07,000 --> 00:06:09,900 "so I've got nothing to be afraid of." 79 00:06:12,000 --> 00:06:14,900 But the people we've elected to lead us... 80 00:06:15,000 --> 00:06:18,900 more oftenly decide their rights in private... 81 00:06:19,000 --> 00:06:23,900 their systems kept hidden and we're being watched behind closed doors... 82 00:06:24,000 --> 00:06:30,900 This growth in gathering of information will in the end deprive us of our feeling of freedom. 83 00:06:31,000 --> 00:06:36,900 Even to the point that it will prevent us to function in our role as citizen, company or government. 84 00:06:38,000 --> 00:06:43,900 Individual power will be surplanted with a kind of herd mentality of us vs. them. 85 00:06:44,000 --> 00:06:48,500 During the industrial revolution people saw the damage of greed and smashed the machines to pieces... 86 00:06:48,600 --> 00:6:51,900 with iron bars and billets. 87 00:06:55,000 --> 00:6:58,900 This... is not the solution. 88 00:07:00,000 --> 00:7:02,900 The endless development of technology... 89 00:07:03,000 --> 00:7:07,900 must be put to good use, to create an unsurpassed service to consumers. 90 00:07:08,000 --> 00:7:11,900 And then the corporations must make and keep a promise to do good. 91 00:07:12,000 --> 00:07:14,900 Laptops with sensitive data are being stolen from cars... 92 00:07:15,000 --> 00:07:16,900 back-ups are being lost... 93 00:07:17,000 --> 00:07:18,900 and hackers break into databases... 94 00:07:19,000 --> 00:07:21,300 even into the Pentagon. 95 00:07:21,500 --> 00:07:24,900 With employees peeping into files and laptops which are lost this can lead... 96 00:07:25,000 --> 00:07:28,900 to a huge invasion of privacy and identity theft. 97 00:07:29,000 --> 00:07:32,500 We live in a technology driven revolution. 98 00:07:32,600 --> 00:07:36,300 More complex calculations create even higher levels of control. 99 00:07:36,400 --> 00:07:40,600 Every electronic transaction, communication and change is recorded. 100 00:07:40,700 --> 00:07:44,900 Security companies install, promote and control access to... 101 00:07:45,000 --> 00:07:47,900 data networks of incredible capacity. 102 00:07:50,000 --> 00:07:55,900 Sensitive and complex formulas filter all aspects of our private lives. 103 00:08:10,000 --> 00:08:11,900 We are human. 104 00:08:12,000 --> 00:08:16,900 The seperation between private and public is the foundation of our democracy. 105 00:08:17,000 --> 00:08:19,900 As citizens we are giving away our rights... 106 00:08:21,000 --> 00:08:23,900 without the possibility of asking questions about the methods used... 107 00:08:24,000 --> 00:08:27,900 on how our data is being used... 108 00:08:28,000 --> 00:08:30,900 or who has access to it. 109 00:08:31,000 --> 00:08:36,900 How efficient is it to record all the moves of everybody on the internet... 110 00:08:37,000 --> 00:08:38,900 to catch just a hand full of criminals? 111 00:08:39,000 --> 00:08:43,900 How is our financial status of any relevance when we travel? 112 00:08:44,000 --> 00:08:52,900 But above all, do we achieve the intended result with all these rules? 113 00:08:53,000 --> 00:08:54,900 Be critical. 114 00:08:55,000 --> 00:08:57,900 We are not obligated to leave all our personal data... 115 00:08:58,000 --> 00:09:00,900 and certainly not forever. 116 00:09:01,000 --> 00:09:04,300 Use your given democratic right to be critical of the direction chosen by your government. 117 00:09:04,400 --> 00:09:06,900 Discussion this with your representatives. 118 00:09:08,000 --> 00:09:10,900 Take action. 119 00:09:11,000 --> 00:09:12,650 Ask questions. 120 00:09:12,700 --> 00:09:14,900 Stay aware. 121 00:09:19,000 --> 00:09:21,900 Subtitles by Rick Deckardt, License: Creative Commons