BBC Horizon documentary: The defenders of anonymity on the internet
Aired on September 3rd, and available for watching ’till 17/09/2014 on
▻http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b04grp09/horizon-20142015-4-inside-the-dark-web
if you are in the UK. If you are not, you can watch it on a hola better internet.
A very interesting documentary about they need for anonymity, and how to find a balance between its positive implications for freedom as well as the negative implications benefiting crime. It builds up crescendo towards how #Tor came into existence, #The_Silk_Road which benefited from it, and #bitcoin which makes anonymous transactions possible. And finaly it mentions how ICANN tries to protect the DNS system. At the end it touches the tip of the ethics and morality of the meaning and cost of Freedom, but wisely not more than that because that would require another two hours.
Twenty-five years after the world wide web was created, it is now caught in the greatest controversy of its existence: surveillance.
With many concerned that governments and corporations can monitor our every move, Horizon meets the hackers and scientists whose technology is fighting back. It is a controversial technology, and some law enforcement officers believe it is leading to ’risk-free crime’ on the ’dark web’ - a place where almost anything can be bought, from guns and drugs to credit card details.
Or on Leaksource where you will also find a good number of reference document featured in the documentary. (Tor, Bitcoin, Chaum, ....)
▻http://leaksource.info/2014/09/04/horizon-inside-the-dark-web-2014-feat-berners-lee-assange-appelbaum-syv
▻https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CukX167mD9M
Featuring interviews with inventor of the world wide web Sir Tim Berners-Lee, WikiLeaks‘ Julian Assange, computer security researcher and Tor Project developer Jacob Appelbaum, co-developer of Onion Routing Paul Syverson, inventor, cryptographer and Internet anonymity pioneer David Chaum, cryptographer and computer security expert Bruce Schneier, journalist and technology researcher Julia Angwin.
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I’m Manuel. I know nothing. I’m from Barcelona.
▻https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0kqyev46qyI
