All language subtitles for Dark Net - 01x02 - Upgrade.hi

[ Narrator ]
The Web transforms us.

We become data, code...

uploading our very selves...

...to a place we call the cloud.

But this cloud is grounded
in hardware...

a chaos of code.

But with the right tools,

you can find
the signal in the noise.

♪♪

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[ Spence ]
So, when I was 9 years old,

I was at my grandfather's farm
in Ireland.

And I thought
it would be a good idea

to get his 12-gauge shotgun...

...and shoot a pile of cow shit.

Uh, and I did that.

And, boom.

Unfortunately, I wasn't
holding the gun correctly.

To me, upgrading
is a part of modern life.

In my case,
it's satisfying to be able

to upgrade what is
basically an opportunity.

I'm hacking my own body.

And I'm doing it
in such a way that...

I'm improving the code, hopefully.

[ Pulsing ]

[ Narrator ] Inside your computer,

if you listen hard enough,

there's a hum,
a heartbeat, a pulse.

Like us, technology
lives, dies, and evolves.

We embrace each new version
faster than the one before.

And our devices
have gone from a convenience

to a dependence...

an extension of ourselves.

When you look into the deep web,

you find a glimmer
of a stranger future.

The question is,

what happens
when we become more than human?

♪♪

[ Indistinct conversations ]

So, um, welcome, everybody,
to Epicenter.

Just a quick show of hands...

How many of you have been
to Epicenter before?

[ Mardirossian ]
My name is Fanny Mardirossian,

and I am a graphic designer.

I am into new stuff.

I'm a curious person,
and I am a tech nerd.

I like gadgets.

So I like to get ahold of stuff

as soon as possible
when they reach the market.

What we do here at Epicenter,

as this is a house of innovation,

is, we try
to explore new technology.

[ Mardirossian ] Epicenter...
It's kind of a start-up cluster

for creative people to meet.

They also have tons
of new tech stuff to try out.

We're actually doing an implant
party tonight, as well,

so for those of you who want
to try the latest tech,

you can get chipped here today
on the sixth floor here.

[ Mardirossian ]
I met this guy, Hannes.

He told me
about a new type of tech.

I thought it was super-cool.

The idea is that you're putting
something into your body

and the tech being part of you.

♪♪

[ Sjoblad ] I certainly
consider myself human.

However, I may not want
to be just human

for the rest of my life.

I'm Hannes Sjoblad,
I work at Epicenter,

and I'm a biohacker.

What we biohackers do is,
we look at biology

as something that can be hacked.

Is there something
we can do to this being

to change a little way,
to make it do something else?

We are not scientists.

We are experimenters.

My implant is a microchip
in my left hand,

which is about the size
of a grain of rice.

I use it to access the office.

I just swipe my hand at the door.

[ beep ]

I can turn off the alarm.

I can log
into the different computers.

[ beep ]

It uses RFID technology.

[ narrator ] Chances are,
you already use RFID,

or radio frequency
identification tags,

without knowing it.

They're in our access cards,
our credit cards,

our cellphones, and our passports.

We even use them to tag
our livestock and our pets.

What's enticing
about this technology

is that we could eventually store

all of our personal information
on RFID chips

and never have to carry keys,
cards, or cash again.

[ Sjoblad ] To upgrade
the body with the chip

allows me to speak
the language of machines.

[ beep ]

We can decide what will be the
next step in human evolution.

[ pulsing ]

[ Narrator ] Hannes belongs to a
global community of biohackers

who experiment
with do-it-yourself ways

to enhance the human body.

[ man ] My initial incision
was a little shallow.

[ Man ♪2 ]
You might be able to see it.

There we go.

[ Narrator ] They share
their experiences online

for all to see.

And the deeper
you look into this world,

the more dangerous it gets.

Biohacking used to be hidden
on sites

that were unindexed
and impossible to find.

But now anyone
can mail-order implant kits

from dangerousthings.com,

a hacker gadget company that
sold 5,000 human microchips

in just the last couple of years.

People all over the world are
posting about getting chipped.

But despite the hype, the idea

of implanting a computer chip
inside the body

doesn't sit right with everyone.

And one day,
we may not have a choice.

♪♪

Mama, Mama.

[ Speaking Swedish ]

[ Mardirossian ]
It's gonna be a strange feeling

to, like, be the device yourself,

but people do things
to their bodies like alter them

and better them
in all kinds of ways,

so it's not that big a deal.

[ narrator ] But why get chipped

when you can already create
a better version of yourself

using external devices?

[ Dancy ] Technology today,
it's all about data.

We're the first generation

to have a choice
in how we record our lives.

[ birds chirping ]

[ Coleman ]
From NPR News in Washington,

I'm Korva Coleman. South...

[ Dancy ]
I'm tracking mattress movement,

body movement, body temperature.

[ woman ] Reading complete.

[ Dancy ]
Blood pressure, blood oxygen.

[ buzz ]

Body weight, the air quality,

temperature, humidity.

[ woman ] Partly sunny skies.

[ Dancy ] Light, sound,
what am I eating,

who am I with,
what am I watching on TV.

[ breathing heavily ]

I've been called the world's
most connected human.

[ Vehicle door opens ]

In the car, I've got a sensor

that measures
how often I'm accelerating,

how often I'm hard-braking,

how often I'm going
over the speed limit.

♪♪

[ Narrator ] Chris Dancy
uses up to 700 systems,

11 different wearable devices,

and 71 wireless networks

to monitor and record
every second of his life.

[ Dancy ] The idea to bring
more data into my life

really came
from massive amounts of anxiety.

Whether it was food or alcohol

or recreational drugs
or cigarettes,

I could feel this just
heaviness of, you know,

getting older and being unhealthy.

I needed to find a way

to harvest my behavior
out of systems.

[ narrator ] Chris began
logging all of his actions

and looking for patterns.

[ Dancy ] What I did early on

was just color-coding information

so when it entered
my online calendar,

I could tell days that were
good from days that were bad

just by looking
at the bands on it.

After you become aware
of your behavior,

it's just scheduling, like,
interruptions to behavior.

[ narrator ] By removing
triggers for bad habits,

Chris turned his life around.

He lost over 100 pounds
in two years, quit smoking,

reduced his stress levels,
and increased his confidence.

He might seem unique,

but he's just a more extreme
version of the rest of us.

Wearables have become
a multibillion-dollar industry

that's only going to keep growing.

Information leads to knowledge,

and knowledge is power, right?

♪♪

But what if you went
a step further?

What if you could collect
information about other people

without them knowing it?

[ Spence ]
Some people hack software.

I hack my face.

My name's Rob Spence.

I'm a filmmaker,
and they call me Eyeborg.

So many characters in science
fiction and pop culture

have prosthetic eyes.

You know... the Terminator

or Geordi from "Star Trek."

It's an interesting idea

to have
a realistic-looking camera eye.

I mean, that's
what the Bionic Man had.

[ man ] We can rebuild him.

So that's what I want.

As a documentary filmmaker,

one of the things you always want

is for somebody to act naturally.

And what better way to get
somebody to act naturally

than to hide the camera in an eye?

One that looks like a human eye,

where the person doesn't know
that you're recording them.

This is a way
that I can use technology...

in an empty eye socket

to get a very human piece of film,

a very human conversation.

♪♪

There are such small cameras
out there,

they should be, in theory, easy
to put into a prosthetic eye.

But it's difficult.

There's no manual.

We are much more do-it-yourself.

[ drill whirring ]

- We have lift-off...
- Yes.

...with the video out?

Spent a good portion of yesterday

wandering all over Chinatown,
looking for parts.

- "Blade Runner," Chris.
- Yeah.

They wandered all over Chinatown,

looking for spare eye parts,
as well,

to identify various skin jobs.

Skin job is "Terminator."

Skin jobs are from "Blade Runner."

That's who Harrison Ford kills.

I'm looking for this.

No, that's Replicants.

- Replicants.
- Exactly.

[ Spence ] I think they're both.

There we go.

There you are, my little darling.

There's basically five versions
of Eyeborg... Eyeborg 1.0.

It's alive!

It's not working very well,
but it's alive.

Version 2... eh...

Version 3... boom!

It's amazing,
but it's totally clear.

You can see the battery.

Version 4 is us trying to make
a realistic-looking eye camera,

but we just don't have enough time

to put all the resources together.

Right now, we're doing version 5.

Version 5 is simply an eye camera

that looks like a human eye.

♪♪

The first time
we got the eye camera going,

it was thrilling, actually,

because no one else
had ever done it,

and, in fact,
nobody else has since.

Yeah, it's kind of creepy
when your own eye...

is staring back at you.

Okay, so, let's...

Let's see
if this bad boy works, then.

Let's...

take this off.

Ooh, it's a bit of a tight fit.

Having a little trouble
pulling the lower lid over it.

You remember, Martin, the old one

was sort of a tight fit, as well.

Well, 3 was a really tight fit.

It may be that we've got
too much material

in the join between the two
sides of the shell here.

Yeah.

Wow.

That's not...

That's not good, is it?
- That's hopeless.

- That's not good.
- No.

Hey, can you tell
that I'm wearing...

It's totally...

Hey, wow, I'm just normal.

That's fine, eh?

[ Laughs ]

We may have to basically squeeze

the electronics in a bit further.

Do you think we'll mess up
the components

if we open it up,
take the wax out?

I mean, my thinking

is just to basically
grind off thickness there.

We'll sterilize it again,
and we can try again.

Sure, there's a danger
to upgrading.

Sometimes you move ahead
before you're ready to go.

However, if you don't change,
you're gonna die.

[ Man ]
Great to see so many volunteers

that want to try
this new technology.

The RFID chip
is supposed to have a life-span

of more than 120 years,

so it will definitely
live longer than you will

if you keep it in.

[ Man ♪2 ]
I work in a hotel chain,

so I'm trying to figure out,

what will be the next
big thing for our guests?

But I was telling my wife
that I was going to chip me,

and she said I was just stupid

because, "Why are you
going to do that?

That's just ridiculous."

I can't see why not.

It's not such a big deal to me,

and it's fun to try new things.

The first comment I usually get

when I talk about getting a chip

is, "Well, they'll be able
to monitor you

and see where you are."

To be able to hack the chip,

you have to be close to a
reader for it to be activated.

We already have Facebook accounts,

and you go around
with your cellphone all day.

So if people want to, like,
find out information about you,

there are tons of other ways
to do it.

[ man ] What makes me curious
about this chip

is the next generation, right?

Then I think
the privacy kind of aspect

will be a bit more of an issue,

and you'll have to have, like,

someone you really trust

providing,
you know, that technology

or, you know, keeping that data.

[ Narrator ]
But who can you trust now?

Every bit of information about you

is worth something to someone.

The U.S. government
does not intend

to regulate the data generated
by wearable fitness trackers.

Wearable companies claim
they are policing themselves.

But there's nothing stopping them

from selling your private data
to whomever they please.

Who's to say that chip implants
won't follow the same path?

[ Indistinct chanting ]

A Swedish group with
12,000 followers on Twitter

is concerned that one day,

RFID could be used
to track citizens.

And they're not the only ones.

All over the Internet,
groups are protesting RFID,

making noise and news worldwide.

[ Indistinct chanting ]

[ Sjoblad ] It is really important

that when we experiment
with these chip implants

that we do it on a voluntary basis

as sort of free citizens.

It shouldn't just be
the big government

or big companies
who develop these technologies.

So, who wants to get started?

- I could.
- Yeah?

- Yeah, yeah.
- Come on back here.

[ Indistinct conversations ]

Okay.

Gear, and then we'll get started.

Nervous?

Mm, I've given birth
to two kids, so it can't be...

It should be a piece of cake.

Piece of cake.

Hopefully, this is a bit
quicker than giving birth.

- Hopefully.
- So, yeah.

[ Indistinct conversation ]

♪♪

Is it shanky enough?

Just take a deep breath in.

Yeah.

Okay? So, we're all done?

- Yeah, we're all done.
- Yeah.

- Thank you.
- Thank you.

[ Camera shutter clicks ]

I'm Snapchatting it
to my colleagues

and friends and my husband.

[ laughs ]

[ Buzz ]

Hmm? Connection.

That was quite a cool feeling

to see that I could connect
with another device,

and, well, that, I guess, makes
me kind of a device, as well.

So that's pretty exciting.

What does it say?

This is just basic information.

Serial number and the tag type.

Yeah.

041ED812FF3881.

So that's my...

my other self, I guess.

Yeah.

[ Woman laugh ]

Or myself-self.

Yeah.

That's my new self.

Yeah.

[ Chuckles ]

- Chris.
- Hi.

[ Chuckles ]
Hey, nice to meet you.

- Robert, nice to meet you.
- Yeah.

I haven't been out
with anyone in a long time,

so I'm a little bit nervous.

[ Both laugh ]

So, is that one of your sensors?

This is a narrative clip.

It just takes
a picture every few minutes

and then saves your day for you.

And you can play it back.
I just wanted to start...

[ narrator ]
This is Chris' first date

with a guy he met on Grindr.

So, what's really cool about
this is, you can come in here,

and I can see how you're feeling

by looking at your heart rate.

It uses light
to go through your skin.

[ laughing ]

Oh, going up!

He's getting nervous.

Hold on. I can rub your arm.

- Uh-oh.
- Mm...

If you were to measure
someone you were dating,

then you start to look
for subtle variances.

- Yeah, baby!
- [ laughs ]

We got up to 83 by holding hands!

[ laughs ]

While it's a novelty
at first to them and you,

'cause you're just collecting
things, you start to go,

"Oh, no, things are changing."

You know,
and what's great about is,

from now on,
I've got your heartbeat.

Now you got my heartbeat.

Your heartbeat's in my data.

For me,
relationships are difficult.

I see people
as just a pile of information.

Alexa?

Order orange juice.

[ Woman ] I added orange juice
to your shopping list.

Thank you.

Don't mention it.

Problem with more data is,

all it does
is make us crave more data.

Heroin addicts and junkies

aren't looking for another high.

They're looking
for another escape.

As I've gone on
with my journey, I realize...

data makes us lonely.

We're not so scary.

We fucking need each other.

Like, bad.

♪♪

[ Ling ] I've had
to make some adjusts

to how the electronics
are positioned,

because having brought
the back in,

we didn't have space
for the battery anymore.

[ Spence ] Okay.

- Let's put this bad boy...
- Okay.

...into my face.

[ Louise chuckles ]

I really hope this works.
[ laughs ]

This off.

[ Chuckles ]

I don't know what it means

to always have video access
all the time of everything.

But it's just data.

We always have more data.

Video usually has
a more accurate portrayal

of an objective truth

of something that's happened.

Um...

that may not necessarily
be a great thing.

Can I look?

[ chuckles ]

[ laughing ] Oh!

No.

Well...

nobody said spies
have to be good-looking.

- [ Laughs ]
- You know?

Okay. I'm tuned on channel 3.

Okay, ready?

Yep.

- Everyone ready?
- Yeah.

[ Louise ] Hold your breath.

So, here goes.

Yeah.

Up a bit.

Yes. Yes, we've got it.

Good? We got a signal?

Look at me. Look at me.

Yeah.

Wow.

Whoa! I can feel the video!

Can you?

No, I can't feel it, no.
[ chuckles ]

- Wow.
- That's a pretty strong signal.

- Yeah, that's not even on the...
- Wait, try moving it away.

That's a really good...
- Yeah, I'm still getting it.

- Oh, wow.
- Holy shit, man!

- It's never done that before.
- Oh, wow.

[ Louise ] That's really good.

- Yeah.
- That's fucking nuts.

It never...
It never goes that far.

It doesn't look 100%
like a real eye,

but it doesn't look
a video camera.

That's for sure.

You'll be very sneaky with that.

Are you recording me right now?

[ Spence ] There are implications

to everyone shooting video
all the time.

And it feels invasive, you know?

There's not many spaces left
that we have privacy.

It's a little bit creepy.
[ laughs ]

[ Spence ] What that does
to society, I don't know.

Video footage
is ultimately just information.

But we feel like that's the
last little part of our lives

that we don't want
to share that information.

Um, I think it's too late, though.

Sorry.

♪♪

[ Woman ] Hey.

Yeah.

[ Mardirossian ] I was kind of
surprised that it was so fast

for me to accept the chip
as part of me.

[ beep ]

I still get, like,
this "wow" feeling

every time I scan it
and it actually works.

And I like that feeling.

It's great, actually.

[ Narrator ] In the future,

anything that can be connected
will be.

[ buzz ]

It's a phenomenon known
as the Internet of Things,

and we're making ourselves
part of it.

[ Spence ] Sometimes I wonder,

"Where else can we take this eye?"

And you know what?
There's endless possibilities.

Increasingly, people
who aren't missing anything

want to augment themselves.

[ sizzling ]

If people can afford it
and it improves their life,

then they're gonna get it.

Can you grab me a glass of wine?

[ Smooches ]

[ Dancy ] I think we're starting
to cross a line as a species.

I think if you watched
this interview in 2020,

you'd go,
"Shit, we should have listened.

We should have done something."

[ crinkling ]

[ Sjoblad ] This technology
is here to stay.

And the question comes, what
is standing around the corner?

What can the next generation
of implants do?

There are many things that
animals can do and perceive

that humans can't perceive,

and I think that we humans,

we are missing out
on a lot of beauty.

[ Birds chirping ]

Can you imagine being able

to see the ultraviolet
like honeybees do?

[ bee buzzing ]

What does a meadow of flowers

look like with the eyes of a bee?

Perhaps that's
a very beautiful experience

that we are yet to experience.

[ Mardirossian ]
There's definitely room

for this new technology,

and I think mostly
it's for the good of humanity.

But...

when do we stop being human,

and when do we start
being tech devices?

Well...

...I don't know.

♪♪