United States of Secrets, Part Two

Name: United States of Secrets, Part Two
Uploaded: 2021
Duration: 53 min

202153 minHD★ 8.3Technology

Editor's Take

Continuing FRONTLINE's inquiry into mass surveillance, this second part shifts attention from government to the technology industry that holds so much of the data. It draws on insider accounts to trace how personal information was collected and stored, and how the interests of Silicon Valley and the security state intersected. Reported rather than polemical, the film frames privacy as an open question rather than a settled one.

United States of Secrets, Part Two continues FRONTLINE's investigation into mass surveillance by turning to Silicon Valley. It examines the relationship between tech companies and the National Security Agency, and how personal data was gathered and stored on an enormous scale. Drawing on insiders and reporting, the film asks what privacy means in an age of constant data collection. Rigorous and unsettling, it remains one of the clearest accounts of how surveillance took hold. Free to watch in HD on Dr Documentary.

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