Computers, Spies and Private Lives

NOVA

27th September 1981 55 mins Season 8 Episode 11

NOVA reports on the potential danger of modern Computers that gather "routine" information about our daily lives as we buy things, go to the hospital, or make donations. Computers can know more about us than our closest friends. NOVA examines how much of that personal information is readily shared with other computers.

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