[kwlug-disc] Tonight: Free screening of "Terms and Conditions May Apply"

[CrankyOldBugger]

I've seen the movie; it's worth watching.


On 30 July 2014 13:25, Paul Nijjar <paul_nijjar at yahoo.ca> wrote:

> This is just a quick reminder that WPIRG is holding a free (as in
> beer) screening of a movie that may be relevant to those of us
> concerned about surveillance. The movie begins at 7pm.
>
> Here is the summary Kalin forwarded:
>
> *Wednesday, July 30 @ 7pm, Twin Princess Cinema (46 King St. North)*
>
> TERMS AND CONDITIONS MAY APPLY
> <https://www.facebook.com/events/1602610456629813/>
>
> No one really reads the terms and conditions connected to every website
> they visit, phone call they make or app they download. After watching this
> provocative exploration of what actually lies between the lines of those
> tiny-font agreements, however, you may just hurl your computer out the
> window and take to a cave. With fascinating examples, comical gags and
> terrifying facts, filmmaker Cullen Hoback investigates what governments and
> corporations are doing with your “personal” information. Regardless of
> privacy settings, data is being collected and behaviour is being
> monitored—as you read this, in fact—leaving the future of civil liberties
> uncertain. But are we really living in such a dystopian conspiratorial
> world? From whistle blowers and investigative journalists to zombie fan
> clubs and Egyptian dissidents, this disquieting exposé demonstrates how
> every one of us has incrementally opted into a real-time surveillance
> state, click by click.
>
> Film website: http://tacma.net/
>
>
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