If you want to protect yourself against government spying, or you’re afraid you might be the target of a drone, there’s hope beyond the good-old tinfoil hat. Two artists have started selling high-tech privacy-protecting gear to fool drones and spies at the New Musem in New York City.
One year on from the start of the Snowden revelations, there has still been no real political discussion about mass surveillance in the UK. In this film, we ask politicians what they knew and members of the public what they think.
Who oversees the agencies? Are they protecting us from terrorists or invading our privacy? What do the public think about mass surveillance and how does it impact on our rights to privacy and free speech?
“This documentary should be mandatory viewing for everyone who uses the internet.” John Ford, Slug Magazine
Admit it: you don’t really read the endless terms and conditions connected to every website you visit or app you download. But every day, billion-dollar corporations are learning more about your interests, your friends and family, your finances, and your secrets, and they’re not only selling the information to the highest bidder, but also sharing it with the government. And you agreed to all of it. What, if anything, you can do about it.
When Max Kelly, the chief security officer for Facebook, left the company in 2010, he did not go to Google or Twitter. Instead the man who was responsible for protecting the personal information of Facebook’s more than one billion users from outside attacks went to work for another institution that analyzes large pools of data: the N.S.A..
URME represents artist-driven, anti-surveillance devices made for the public and dedicated to creating a safe space to explore our digital identities. You shouldn’t be tracked just because you want to walk outside and you shouldn’t have to hide either. Instead, use one of our products to present an alternative identity when in public.
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