Dark Net

2016
Dark Net

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EP1 My Mind Apr 06, 2017

Rapid technological advancements are allowing machines to divine the inner workings of our minds like never before. Now that we have given the machines the keys to our mind, what happens next? In this episode, meet Harmony, the world's first artificially intelligent sex robot; a woman who spends her days and nights uploading her mind to the algorithm; and a family whose lives were torn apart by over a decade of war - only to be saved by virtual reality.

EP2 My Justice Apr 13, 2017

Online, any of us can become judge, jury and executioner. But in this ever-shifting digital world, how do we draw the line between the rule of law, and a digital lynch mob? In this episode, an amateur sleuth seeks justice in the case of a young woman's mysterious death - only to discover that the accused killer is the real victim. Elsewhere, a digital activist takes a stand for social justice then finds himself forced to choose between prison and exile.

EP3 My Money Apr 20, 2017

Our lives revolve around money. But a new world order is emerging, one with the power to create currency and bypass governments and regulation. In this episode, enter the world of digital money: from the recesses of the dark net marketplace to workers in China excavating a new form of money; to 'bitcoin miners' struggling to cope with a potentially volatile algorithm; to a young cam worker whose sexual fetishes link them all together.

EP4 My Nation Apr 27, 2017

The internet was hailed for democratizing ideas. But it is also an arena where conspiracy theories and polarizing echo chambers thrive. In this episode, meet an Alt-Right organizer who's using his social network to urge online sympathizers to join his real world rebellion; the desperate parents of a 17-year-old girl, brainwashed into posting White Nationalist YouTube videos; plus, an American-born former Al-Qaeda recruiter who's had a prolific effect on support for jihad.

EP5 My Identity May 04, 2017

Our face is our most distinguishable feature. But to machines, our face is data and it's being transformed into a faceprint in somebody else's database. In this episode, meet a man whose life was ruined after facial recognition technology tied him to a crime he didn't commit; a father who's wired his home with face recognition technology to keep his autistic daughter safe; plus, exclusive access to the FBI Biometric Technology Center, where over half of American's biometrics have been uploaded into a database.

EP6 My Home May 11, 2017

The digital era offers us new technologies to protect ourselves, but are these devices defending our homes or making them more vulnerable? In this episode meet a woman whose home is invaded by a Ratter, a digital stalker who gains entry through her laptop; enter a neighborhood where residents are battling over proposed camera surveillance to monitor everyone's coming and goings; and a sex offender who received the ultimate punishment for invading his victims' privacy - life under constant surveillance.

EP7 My Community May 18, 2017

Communities are the bedrock of society - physical spaces where residents share a collective purpose and common goals. But the internet has given rise to a new kind of community where lies and hate can flourish. In this episode meet a would-be utopia in Spain where civic life is managed on Twitter; a teacher who becomes the target of a digital lynch mob; and the father of a school shooting victim who must prove to the internet that his son existed.

EP8 My Relationship May 25, 2017

Humans are social beings - but what happens when the emotional bonds that bind us together are threatened by forces we cannot see or touch, or worse, replaced entirely by the network? In this episode, meet a woman who has programmed her dead friend into a chat bot so he can live on forever; a Japanese family who has adopted a childlike AI robot as a member of their tribe; and a desperate mom turning to spyware to track her teenager's every move. Season finale.
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Released: 21 January 2016 Ended
Producted By: Vocativ
Country: United States of America
Budget: 0
Revenue: 0
Official Website: http://www.sho.com/sho/dark-net/home
Synopsis

A documentary series that explores the furthest reaches of the internet and the people who frequent it, Dark Net provides a revealing and cautionary look inside a vast cyber netherworld rarely witnessed by most of us. Provocative, thought-provoking and frequently profound, each episode illuminates an exciting, ever-expanding frontier where people can do anything and see anything, whether they should or not.

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aharlequinn Interesting topics but i think it would have been better if they wouldn't have interviewed every wacko out there.
ponaszigmas Ill keep this short and sweet. Some episodes are pretty good and some touch on a problem on a surface level ad are condescending piles of trash. Honestly, I was expecting more quality from a network like Showtime. Sometimes it feels like a board of middle aged execs sat down and went "hmm how do we make a cool and hip show about the internet, for the kids to watch?" And this is what they came up with. A half baked, sorta out of touch take on the dangers and wonders of the Net.
DocJD On first look the series stood out as something new, and I thought it was going to shed some light on the real Dark Net. But ho-hum this a bunch of fringe stories we have already heard of before, and there is little attention given to the subject that the series draws it's tille from.There is no real in-depth documentary making here. Each episode is in case study format, but being constrained to 30mins there is no room to explore those burning questions. I couldn't help but feel short changed and uninterested.Documentaries work best when they answer the So-what? question, but when you end up thinking Who cares? then probably no one else cares either...
Noga Yair My biggest problem with this show is the fact it isn't uniform in it's quality. Some episodes are good, great even; some lose focus, or worse, fail as a documentary by not supplying all the information you need to decide for your self. By overly dramatizing a personal story and not asking some much needed questions, some episodes (specifically episode 4, 'CTRL') left somewhat of a bad taste in my mouth.I will say, however, that the show surprised me at times - especially in the first and last episodes. Good choices of human stories and an ambiguous message about the goods and evils of the internet is, for me, what does make this show stand out. So yeah, I recommend it.Also should probably mention - contains a lot of explicit sexual content.