We are being monitored, spied on and bugged. Almost every day there are reports that our data is not safe. Are we too careless or victims of a grand scheme? Is a secret conspiracy of intelligence agencies, military leaders, business leaders and politicians targeting all cell phone and Internet communications of the world's population? Is a tightly woven web of surveillance covering the entire planet outside of law and order? What was a bleak vision of the future in George Orwell's day seems to have been caught up with reality today.
The Second World War entered its final phase in the summer of 1944. With the advance of the Allied armies on all fronts, the Third Reich is determined to embitter resistance. After the failed assassination attempt on Hitler in July, even more people will die than in all war years before. But what kept the gear of the Nazi dictatorship going for almost ten months and why did the Germans keep fighting until the bitter end? In the end, millions of people lost their lives and half of Europe is in ruins.
Internet, apps, smartphones and the digital world have long been part of everyday life. For many people, the new possibilities trigger fears about the future that are well known from dystopian films: powerful tech companies, world domination by intelligent machines, the end of self-thinking humanity. The documentary series shows what happens when we surf, click, swipe, order and follows the digital economy behind the scenes. Who are the winners and losers of digitization and who makes the decisions about our future?