Name: FBI, here I am!
Uploaded: 2011-10-31T15:15:48Z
Duration: 14 min 13 s
Description: After he ended up on a watch list by accident, Hasan Elahi was advised by his local FBI agents to let them know when he was traveling. He did that and more ... much more.

After he ended up on a watch list by accident, Hasan Elahi was advised by his local FBI agents to let them know when he was traveling. He did that and more ... much more.

FBI, here I am!

After being mistakenly put on a government watch list, one man responded by documenting and sharing every detail of his life online, from bank records to meals. He created a system that allowed authorities—and anyone else—to track his movements in real time. By flooding the world with personal data, he found that openness became a new form of privacy. In an age of constant surveillance, total disclosure can paradoxically create anonymity.

Radical Transparency Turns Surveillance Into a Private Shield

"I share everything … or do I?"