WEBVTT 00:00.000 --> 00:03.951 5G: This is how we lose our privacy 00:03.951 --> 00:13.822 In an advertising film by Vodafone, the new 5G mobile technology is touted as a great experience for everyone, with 00:13.822 --> 00:18.080 the enticing prospect that it will make life much easier. 00:18.080 --> 00:29.141 The 5G network would enable the best possible medical care for all, such as remote operations by robots in real time. 00:29.141 --> 00:34.194 Automatically controlled cars should warn themselves of dangers. 00:34.194 --> 00:39.430 From currently seven billion end devices - mostly smartphones 00:39.430 --> 00:46.816 the so-called Internet of Things is now expected to increase to up to 500 billion devices 00:46.816 --> 00:50.882 such as refrigerators, trash cans, diapers, etc, 00:50.882 --> 00:59.199 which are all networked together. Ultra-short transmission times of around 1 millisecond are planned so that 00:59.199 --> 01:06.360 future applications and systems can communicate and react with each other in near real time. 01:06.360 --> 01:16.387 With 5G, George Orwell's novel 1984 will become a reality and our privacy will be a thing of the past. 01:16.387 --> 01:25.482 5G is the basis for the complete control and monitoring of every human being, because the networked servers and devices 01:25.482 --> 01:30.045 will obtain a comprehensive picture of each and every one of us. 01:30.045 --> 01:39.028 Politicians and the media often argue that the industry absolutely needs 5G technology. 01:39.028 --> 01:44.274 However, not insignificant disadvantages are ignored. 01:44.274 --> 01:54.517 One example: for industry, trade and commerce, global networking through 5G means that every production line, every robot, every 01:54.517 --> 02:04.761 computer with customer data and secret patents can be accessed from anywhere in the world thanks to the networking of all data. 02:04.761 --> 02:11.322 The risk of hacker attacks - and thus losing control of data - is high. 02:11.322 --> 02:20.875 The example of Shanghai shows how 5G technology outshines even George Orwell's Big Brother vision. 02:20.875 --> 02:26.182 All streets and squares there are already monitored by cameras. 02:26.182 --> 02:35.155 Thanks to seamless camera surveillance, traffic offenders are immediately pilloried in public on large screens. 02:35.155 --> 02:40.902 However, 5G technology has even more far-reaching consequences. 02:40.902 --> 02:47.662 Huge amounts of data are collected and stored for the government to access. 02:47.662 --> 02:53.121 This data is used to create a complete profile of the citizens. 02:53.121 --> 03:02.870 A social credit system was introduced in China in 2018, in which every Chinese person is awarded social points 03:02.870 --> 03:10.758 according to their online, social, financial and legal behavior and treated accordingly. 03:10.758 --> 03:18.455 This ranking, or categorization, classifies people into good and bad citizens. 03:18.455 --> 03:30.924 Since a poor ranking leads to massive restrictions, an atmosphere of fear is created in order not to be guilty of anything. 03:30.924 --> 03:35.385 10 million Chinese are already on a blacklist. 03:35.385 --> 03:45.857 As a result, they have no access to flights or high-speed trains, are not allowed to book a hotel or buy an apartment. 03:45.857 --> 03:50.833 They also do not receive loans and cannot set up a company. 03:50.833 --> 03:55.162 Your freedom is therefore massively restricted. 03:55.162 --> 04:04.381 Conclusion: 5G - the Internet of Things - has no really serious advantages for us, and these only come at the 04:04.381 --> 04:12.924 price of even greater disadvantages, namely total control over our privacy and personal development.