The Best Surveillance & Privacy Documentaries

World Affairs & Investigations - 20 free documentaries about surveillance & privacy.

Start with Shoshana Zuboff on surveillance capitalism (50 min, VPRO Documentary), then Something is jamming GPS over Europe. Here's what we found (34 min, Veritasium). All 20 documentaries here are free to watch from their makers' official uploads. To read deeper, the top-rated book on surveillance & privacy is Permanent Record by Edward Snowden.

• Shoshana Zuboff on surveillance capitalism (50 min, VPRO Documentary)
• Something is jamming GPS over Europe. Here's what we found (34 min, Veritasium)
• United States of Secrets, Part One (113 min, FRONTLINE PBS)
• 'State of Surveillance' with Edward Snowden and Shane Smith (VICE on HBO: Season 4, Episode 13) (27 min, VICE)
• America's Surveillance State: Inside the NSA (25 min, ENDEVR)
• Are Phone (And Laptop) Repair Shops Spying On You? | Talking Point | 1-Hour Special (45 min, CNA Insider)
• A Look Inside Russia’s Creepy, Innovative Internet (43 min, Bloomberg Originals)
• Global Spyware Scandal: Exposing Pegasus Part One (53 min, FRONTLINE PBS)
• Global Spyware Scandal: Exposing Pegasus Part Two (53 min, FRONTLINE PBS)
• How Manufactured Pleasure Is Costing Our Freedom (52 min, Spark)
• A Look Back at Domestic Gov’t Surveillance in the George W. Bush Era (55 min, FRONTLINE PBS)
• Why the NSA Started Spying on Americans (S3, E2) | America's Book of Secrets (41 min, HISTORY)
• Could the NSA Have Prevented The September Attacks? | A Good American (96 min, ENDEVR)
• America's Surveillance State: What the Future Brings to the NSA (25 min, ENDEVR)
• America's Surveillance State: Whistleblowers and Inside Threats (25 min, ENDEVR)
• America’s Surveillance State | NSA | Spy Network (74 min, Moconomy)
• Smartphones and Social Media - A Mass Surveillance Dystopia (11 min, Academy of Ideas)
• America's Surveillance State: The Press versus the NSA | Edward Snowden (25 min, ENDEVR)
• Big Brother AIDS (51 min, Real Stories)
• The data revolution: privacy, politics and predictive policing (24 min, The Economist)

Top-Rated Books About Surveillance & Privacy

1. Permanent Record by Edward Snowden (4.5/5) - View on Amazon
2. The Age of Surveillance Capitalism by Shoshana Zuboff (4.1/5) - View on Amazon
3. No Place to Hide by Glenn Greenwald (4.1/5) - View on Amazon
4. Pegasus by Laurent Richard - View on Amazon