Documentary

Terms and Conditions May Apply

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A documentary that exposes what corporations and governments learn about people through Internet and cell phone usage, and what can be done about it ... if anything.

Year

2013

Duration

1h 19m

IMDb

7.3

Trailer

Cast

Cullen Hoback

Director

Max Schrems

Self - Austrian Law Student

Moby

Self - Musician & Digital Rights Activist

Mark Zuckerberg

Self - Founder, Facebook

Cullen Hoback

Self - Narrator

Brian Lawler

Self - Typographer, Cal Poly

JP

John Palfrey

Self - Professor of Law, Harvard Law School

HA

Harvey Anderson

Self - VP Business Affairs & General Counsel, Mozilla

Zeynep Tüfekçi

Self - Professor of Sociology, University of Baltimore

Eric Schmidt

Self - Executive Chairman, Google

SV

Siva Vaidhyanathan

Self - Author, The Googlization of Everything

EP

Eli Pariser

Self - Author, The Filter Bubble

DA

Debra Aho Williamson

Self - Principal Analyst, EMarketer

danah boyd

Self - Senior Researcher, Microsoft

RR

Rainey Reitman

Self - Electronic Frontier Foundation

Christopher Soghoian

Self - Principal Technologist, American Civil Liberties Union

MS

Michael Schearer

Self - Computer Security Expert

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Comments

10 comments

قراني حياتيMay 29, 2023

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@TeezyNov 22, 2022

A documentary which supposed to be watched By everyone. Amount of informations and facts about internet security are amazing.

نورالدين الدواديNov 22, 2022

First movie screened at the cinema politica at concordia university, this documentary aims at exposing the situation in between political and economic gains related to the licencing terms we never read, especially since the wide-spread use of the internet, with some like google we never get to actually tick. We kinda knew about it : I mean, google and facebook aren't asking for money but are worth billions, so they have to make money from somewhere, selling back our informations. And since the movie was actually released after the NSA leaks, we also knew the scope of the current global surveillance in many countries, putting it forward than what the movie actually showed, even though their research on the subject, and on the history of the lack of individual liberty advocacy due to the patriotAct and need of spying of the war on terrorism, making the economic model of users creating value while using "free" tools, the policies of "by default" settings. Good documentary, especially to share with your annoying friends who put useless statements against facebook's change of policies.

Apox Jevalen KalangulaNov 22, 2022

Anyone who surf the internet or part of the digitized world should watch this documentary, which holds importance even today, seven year after the documentary released. This is an interesting take on Digital privacy and how the corporates uses your data

Tariq azmiNov 22, 2022

Another tricksy hot-topic tech documentary, in which Cullen Hoback interviews a handful of hacktivists, academics and libertarian thinkers about the nexus of social media and personal privacy. Hoback has effectively dedicated his career, thus far, to exclusively covering the life led on-line. Here he puts himself slightly ahead of the curve, by drawing attention to the ways in which corporations such as Google and Facebook use their Terms and Conditions in ways that are increasingly aligned with governmental security interests and advertising. Key contributors such as Chris Soghoian and Rainey Reitman, outline some of the liberties that populations sacrifice for access to 'free' on-line services. While Hoback supplements this spade work with some more glamorous, if far less revealing, brief commentaries from the likes of Moby, Margaret Atwood and Orson Scott Card. Facebook and Google are very much in Hoback's cross-hairs, with Eric Schmidt's every pronouncement as CEO of the latter being raked over for portentous signs of futureshock horror. Mark Zuckerberg gives Holback his little Michael Moore moment, as he manages to locate the aloof Facebook founder and doorstop him into asking for his own privacy to be respected. It is a cheap shot, but one that underscores Holback's central point about where the genuine consent and respect lies in the relationship between on-line media and their users / consumers. What I can't entirely shake-off with films such as this, or THE CORPORATION for another example, is that their central narrative, oscillating between consciousness-raising and fear-mongering, is underpinned by a libertarian sensibility that isn't anti-statist without possessing a more anarchic critique of the state. Holback is more than a little complacent in his belief that his film sufficiently engages with an issue that has only become more pressing since 2013.

mayce Nov 22, 2022

I think that we should be entitled to privacy and are entitled to have our rights without having fear for what we post on the internet. In fact most of the data that we type in on the internet can be constantly be misused, and that our right to freedom is in jeopardy. There should be some new laws to protect citizens of not being reprimanded of what they post on the internet. This is a well-crafted documentary that raises awareness of what is really going on when you click the "I Agree" options of the 'Terms and Conditions' of various websites.

Not Charli d'AmelioNov 22, 2022

Excellent review of the political and social changes in *digital* privacy for the past 13 years since 9/11. The director goes into great detail on how Websites have constantly shifted toward acquiring and disseminating more information as time has gone on since 9/11 and how this information can, and is, being revealed to the government on a regular basis. What is more disturbing is how much we thought that either a password or a privacy change on Facebook to "Friends Only" doesn't actually protect us, totally, from government or corporate dissemination of who we are. The director also points out the substantial moral problem of when we are allowed to forget our secrets and to let them lie in our past. 5 years? 10 years? 3 months? When are we entitled to have those embarrassing pictures taken at age 14 taken off the Internet search engine results (from, say, Google)? When it's been 10 years? What about adults? Do they deserve to have privacy of past-acts (good conduct or misconduct)? This is a matter not currently under substantial discussion in the Congress and the director points out that Congress is the only legislature in the US that can adequately make laws on these subjects. Again, worth seeing once so that you learn what exactly those "terms" are that you agreed to.

Alex...UnusualNov 22, 2022

This spirited documentary weaves through popular television and movie clips, privacy experts and interviews with those who've shared too much on the Internet and, consequently, landed on the wrong side of the law. No one gets off scott-free, especially not Mark Zuckerberg whom Hoback confronts in a darkly comedic conversation at the film's climax. Hoback told AFP: "I just wanted him to say, 'Look, I don't want you to record me,' and I wanted to say, 'Look, I don't want you to record us.'"

TikTok SportsNov 22, 2022

I'll be brief. We're all being watched. Every second of our life. And I'm not exaggerating or being paranoid. That's just how it is. This documentary is really scary. And for a good reason. Because it is freaking scary. Facebook and smart phones is the best invention NSA could hope for. Imagine that with just the right technology, anyone can tap into your phone and at any point of time they can see through your phone, they can hear through your phone, and even know what you're thinking at the moment. All their wet voyeuristic dreams come true. So do yourself a favor, watch the movie, realize the truth, and join the forces to fight against mass surveillance.

ElozonamNov 22, 2022

This is a brilliantly researched excellent feature ! Your privacy has been compromised to the very core the moment you created an account with any of the following...facebook, google, gmail, twitter, iphone etc... What does one feel about hacking ? What does one feel about being spied on ? Would you say the same things when whatever you say is being recorded ? Whoever you talk to, including your private and personal conversations over the phone are being recorded and heard by another unknown human being who can use every word you say to condemn you anytime ! Well boys n girls... welcome to the world of cookies and the internet ! Choose ur words carefully...its not free after-ALL !!!