A Gift for the Hackers (Documentary Film)
“Is this your pin? Is this a letter you received from your bank? Do you have a HP e-Print scanner?”
The young man answers yes to every question, stunned that all of his
information was accessible on the internet for anyone who wanted to see
it. And he’s not alone: the wealth of information available is
staggering.
From shop owners whose security cameras
can be watched and controlled remotely, to medical records and
confidential documents for international companies like Unilever, Orange
and KLM, it’s a bonanza for any would-be hackers.
While
it would be simple for the IT firms who provide printers, scanners and
software to make the system more secure, they don’t see it as their
problem and argue that attending to basic safety protocols is a bit of a
marketing nightmare. “There are people who know all about how this
works, security-wise, but it’s too much trouble to explain all that.”
One company went so far as to call consumers who didn’t know they had to
change their passwords “idiots”. As the rate of technological change
continues at a frightening pace, do technology companies have a duty to
prevent our privacy being eroded?
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