benwizner

Yes -- and we won't ever "win." But imagine what the world would look like if we didn't fight?

It's an important questions. We really need to change on all fronts. We need the internet and telcos to do more to protect us from government surveillance. And we need the government to do more to protect us from corporate predation. The danger comes when the govt and the corporations work hand in glove. . . .

In my view, "opt out" is not going to be a realistic option for most people in the age of dragnet surveillance. I hope that people will use encryption to raise the cost of mass surveillance, but unless we get our laws in line with technology, we won't be protected.

I watched the film both before and after the Snowden revelations. The film is much more powerful now -- mainly because it essentially predicted what Snowden revealed.

A few of you have asked: "What do we do?" Come on, people, social movements are not rocket science. All of our freedoms are hard-won. We need to build a much larger constituency for privacy. We need to push our legislators to make this issue a priority. We need to educate and organize and litigate and lobby and make noise. If we don't, Fort Meade and Silicon Valley will own the future.