TED: Your phone company is watching | Malte Spitz

The video discusses the transformative power of mobile phones, highlighting their role in personal freedom and societal change. It delves into the historical context of protests in Berlin and the implications of the EU's data retention directive. The speaker shares a personal experience with data privacy, illustrating the extensive data collected by telecom companies. A visualization of this data reveals the potential for surveillance, prompting a call to action for privacy and self-determination in the digital age.

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