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It’s been a long while (almost two years in fact), since I posted a movie review. \u00a0It’s not that I haven’t seen any good movies in this period, but more of the fact that I tend to sound repetitive when I write these. \u00a0Watch that, this one is awesome, etc.<\/p>\n

Last night I’ve watched “Citizenfour<\/a>“, and I have to say I’m shaken by that documentary. \u00a0 And I’m not a privacy or security freak, and I was somewhat familiar with Edward Snowden’s story. \u00a0This film, while portraying his personality, is not so much about him, as it is about the state of affairs.<\/p>\n

As a non-US citizen, I have very little interest in what the US government is doing. \u00a0I don’t particularly care if someone is recording my Internet traffic, Google searches, or the phone calls I make. \u00a0I’m not worried about ending up “on the list”, or anything like that.<\/p>\n

But not everyone is like that. \u00a0I do understand how government surveillance can be used, how data can be analyzed, and how pressure can be applied. \u00a0And I do share the\u00a0point of view that the balance of power between the government and the people is way off (and not only in the US), and that we are beyond the point of any meaningful individual resistance. \u00a0It’s just that I don’t do anything about it, and Edward Snowden did.<\/p>\n

For me personally, quite a few things were new in this film. \u00a0It was interesting to learn about the variety of NSA and CIA programs, the depth of their rich, and the technology that is in place already. \u00a0Some of it does sound like science fiction future, but is in fact very\u00a0possible. \u00a0 The stuff about security access in the NSA, drone video feeds, data gathering, analysis and search, with real time notifications, etc – all that was insightful.<\/p>\n

The other side to the movie that I found interesting was the whole process that was used to expose these documents. \u00a0There is in fact no framework as to how such things can be done, what should and shouldn’t be published, how things can be verified, etc. \u00a0The move to remove his own bias and pass on the responsibility onto the journalists was interesting.<\/p>\n

Overall, I think that the more people see this movie, the better. \u00a0The issues raised are very important and we should know about them. \u00a0It doesn’t only affect criminals or terrorists or Americans. \u00a0It affects everyone. \u00a0In particular everyone who has a phone, or a computer with an Internet connection, or a credit card. \u00a0After all, there are 1,200,000 people on the US watch lists, and from what I understand, this list is growing fast.<\/p>\n

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