Name: Your phone company is watching
Uploaded: 2012-07-24T15:10:03Z
Duration: 9 min 53 s
Description: What kind of data is your cell phone company collecting? Malte Spitz wasn't too worried when he asked his operator in Germany to share information stored about him. Multiple unanswered requests and a lawsuit later, Spitz received 35,830 lines of code -- a detailed, nearly minute-by-minute account of half a year of his life.

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What kind of data is your cell phone company collecting? Malte Spitz wasn't too worried when he asked his operator in Germany to share information stored about him. Multiple unanswered requests and a lawsuit later, Spitz received 35,830 lines of code -- a detailed, nearly minute-by-minute account of half a year of his life.

Malte Spitz: Your phone company is watching

Your phone company is watching

A visualization of one's life through mobile data exposes the depth of personal information held by telecoms, igniting privacy concerns.

35,830 lines of personal data reveal how telecom tracking provides a minute-by-minute account of life, igniting privacy debates.

Visualization of personal telecom data showcases real-time movements and communications, spotlighting stark privacy concerns.