Code 2600 documentary to explore Information Security

A new documentary by director Jeremy Zerechak charts the rise of the Information Technology Age as told through the events and people who helped build and manipulate it. The film explores the impact this new connectivity has on our ability to remain human while maintaining our personal privacy and security.

As we struggle to comprehend the wide-spanning socio-technical fallout caused by data collection and social networks, our modern culture is caught in an undercurrent of cyber-attacks, identity theft and privacy invasion. Both enlightening and disturbing, CODE 2600 is a provocative wake-up call for a society caught in the grips of a global technology takeover.

And unlike most documentaries on ‘hackers’ or information security, it looks relatively accurate and very interesting.

Code 2600 deputs at the Cinequest 2012 film festival in San Jose, California in March.