WEBVTT 00:00.192 --> 00:10.555 Just imagine: You’re sitting comfortably with family or friends in a cozy setting, relaxing on the couch or in the bathtub… 00:10.555 --> 00:16.193 They feel safe (and undisturbed) within the four walls of their home, where no stranger 00:16.193 --> 00:20.320 can see them. But is that really the case? 00:20.320 --> 00:25.019 Modern Wi-Fi routers have long been capable of doing more than just sending data. 00:25.019 --> 00:34.280 Using radio waves and artificial intelligence, they detect what is happening in rooms within their range—even through walls. 00:34.280 --> 00:41.713 A feature called "WiFi Sensing" allows you to create a real-time 3D image of your room and the 00:41.713 --> 00:47.925 adjacent rooms, including all people and their movements. 00:47.925 --> 00:55.240 Mobile phone carriers, such as Telekom, sell this to us as progress. 00:55.240 --> 00:59.840 This is Claudia from Telekom's PR department: 01:01.344 --> 01:05.216 “With WiFi Sensing, the router detects burglars even when you’re not at home.” 01:05.216 --> 01:12.539 In the future, this will work using only the Wi-Fi router, without any additional sensors or cameras. 01:12.539 --> 01:19.517 How exactly? WiFi Sensing maps the surrounding area using WiFi signals—that is, radio waves. 01:19.517 --> 01:28.603 "These spread throughout the room like a web. And WiFi sensing can even see around corners or through walls. […].» 01:31.362 --> 01:41.654 WiFi sensing completely eclipses everything we've ever heard about privacy and takes global surveillance to a whole new level. 01:41.654 --> 01:50.611 According to Prof. Bruno Rodrigues of the University of St. Gallen, Wi-Fi sensing systems can “count how many people 01:50.611 --> 02:00.100 are present, determine which rooms they are in, and track their movements with an accuracy of just a few centimeters.” 02:00.100 --> 02:11.502 Activities can also be distinguished: walking, sitting, cooking, or sleeping. Even breathing rate can be measured…” 02:11.502 --> 02:17.180 Movement, location, and activity profiles can be created from all of this data. 02:17.180 --> 02:25.198 This would allow companies to analyze people's behavior in ways that market researchers could only have dreamed of until now. 02:25.198 --> 02:31.406 “Researchers at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) have discovered a way to 02:31.406 --> 02:35.744 identify individuals based solely on Wi-Fi signals.” 02:35.744 --> 02:42.784 […] In a study involving 197 participants, the research team was able to identify individuals with nearly 02:42.784 --> 02:49.736 100 percent accuracy—regardless of their gait or the angle from which they were viewed. 02:49.736 --> 02:57.792 "The technology is powerful, but at the same time poses risks to fundamental rights, particularly the right to privacy." 02:57.792 --> 03:05.080 If Wi-Fi routers can capture private spaces in real time in three dimensions, tracking every 03:05.080 --> 03:09.571 movement, it means the end of privacy for everyone! 03:09.571 --> 03:13.247 Has the public ever been asked if it wants this surveillance? 03:13.247 --> 03:18.071 And what happens to the data collected through Wi-Fi sensing? 03:18.071 --> 03:22.970 According to a Telekom commercial, Wi-Fi sensing is supposed to protect against burglars. 03:22.970 --> 03:29.561 But who can guarantee that this data won’t be hacked by the burglars themselves, who could then 03:29.561 --> 03:33.879 use it to plan the exact time of their break-in? 03:33.879 --> 03:40.473 Or who can guarantee that the data won't be stored in centralized, international databases and used by 03:40.473 --> 03:47.840 companies, IT conglomerates, intelligence agencies, police departments, or government agencies? 03:47.840 --> 03:55.526 This technology is very reminiscent of George Orwell’s novel *1984*, in which every citizen was constantly 03:55.526 --> 04:03.951 monitored and controlled—in both public and private life—at every turn, and punished for any misconduct. 04:03.951 --> 04:11.550 As Kla.TV has already documented in many of its programs , an all-encompassing surveillance network is emerging—especially in 04:11.550 --> 04:16.026 our time—that deeply intrudes on the lives of every individual. 04:16.026 --> 04:23.369 China is a pioneer in this area, where this system is being tested in various regions. 04:23.369 --> 04:27.500 “Do you know what a social credit or a social credit system is?” 04:27.500 --> 04:34.140 It is a system of total surveillance in which a government comprehensively monitors citizens’ behavior, awards or deducts 04:34.140 --> 04:41.685 points accordingly, and—depending on the “balance” of their social credit—either treats citizens favorably or punishes them. 04:41.685 --> 04:48.204 This is particularly well known in China. For example, as recently as 2018, SRF reported critically on the 04:48.204 --> 04:52.380 impact of China’s social credit system on its citizens. 04:52.380 --> 04:58.424 That same year, a member of parliament spoke at the Chinese Party Congress: 04:58.424 --> 05:03.776 “I call for a broad range of penalties for people with poor social credit.” 05:03.776 --> 05:09.900 "People with this loan are to have their freedom of movement restricted by various means." 05:09.900 --> 05:16.745 You can get a practical idea of what this looks like by looking at the example of investigative journalist Liu Hu, who 05:16.745 --> 05:21.072 was blacklisted because of an article about corrupt officials. 05:21.072 --> 05:28.796 He is under constant surveillance, can barely carry out his job anymore, can no longer ride trains, and can no longer fly. 05:28.796 --> 05:34.657 “I’m no longer allowed to book hotels, buy an apartment, register a company, or serve as 05:34.657 --> 05:38.976 the legal representative of an organization.” 05:38.976 --> 05:41.320 Things have calmed down in the mainstream now. 05:41.320 --> 05:46.637 There was no major outcry following various publications. China is far away. 05:46.637 --> 05:51.580 In the democratic West, something like that would be unthinkable. Or would it? 05:51.580 --> 05:56.504 "Almost no one suspects that concrete plans are already being drawn up to implement a 05:56.504 --> 06:00.303 social credit point system for the entire world." 06:00.303 --> 06:07.720 You can learn more about this in the program: “UN100 Social Contract: The End of Our Freedom.” 06:07.720 --> 06:13.867 With this background in mind, the three-dimensional data collection carried out by modern Wi-Fi 06:13.867 --> 06:20.319 routers takes on a whole new meaning and should prompt not only reflection but also action. 06:20.319 --> 06:27.488 Otherwise, we will soon be stripped of all freedom and privacy, even within our own four walls. 06:27.488 --> 06:36.940 If we allow this to happen, it will mean—as Aldous Huxley called it—the final revolution. There will be no turning back. 06:36.940 --> 06:45.236 The freedom that we have known all our lives—and that generations before us have known—will be wiped out forever, 06:45.236 --> 06:50.177 except for the privileged few at the top of the pyramid. 06:50.177 --> 06:59.279 Over time—perhaps in a generation or two—constant surveillance and the rewards and punishments automatically 06:59.279 --> 07:09.680 associated with it will condition us to the point where we simply control, monitor, censor, and subjugate ourselves. 07:09.680 --> 07:17.556 The freedom we enjoy today—indeed, even the very idea of freedom as we understand it today—will become almost 07:17.556 --> 07:23.307 unthinkable for our children and all future generations. […] 07:23.307 --> 07:32.339 We were born onto this beautiful Earth as free, sovereign beings. We are all brothers and sisters. 07:32.339 --> 07:39.038 We are one human family, regardless of skin color, faith, or nationality. 07:39.038 --> 07:46.603 There is no need to forge weapons, storm walls, or raze buildings to the ground. 07:46.603 --> 07:53.998 We just have to stand up, stand together, and say: enough is enough. 07:53.998 --> 08:02.180 We've seen through the tricks; we can now clearly see the plan, and we won't let them take away our freedom. 08:02.180 --> 08:11.168 The torch of freedom will not be extinguished. Not now, not in the future, and certainly not while we are in charge. 08:11.168 --> 08:20.896 "The time has come for us to defend this torch for all future generations—to fan its flame and pass it on 08:20.896 --> 08:26.430 to all future generations, intact and strengthened." 08:26.430 --> 08:35.843 With one voice, we must promise our descendants that we will not let you down. 08:38.335 --> 08:42.062 Radiation-free zones for a better quality of life.