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Cast & Crew
Directed By
Cast
- Cullen Hoback
- Self - Narrator
- Brian Lawler
- Self - Typographer, Cal Poly
- John Palfrey
- Self - Professor of Law, Harvard Law School
- Harvey Anderson
- Self - VP Business Affairs & General Counsel, Mozilla
- Zeynep Tüfekçi
- Self - Professor of Sociology, University of Baltimore
- Eric Schmidt
- Self - Executive Chairman, Google
- Siva Vaidhyanathan
- Self - Author, The Googlization of Everything
- Eli Pariser
- Self - Author, The Filter Bubble
- Debra Aho Williamson
- Self - Principal Analyst, EMarketer
- danah boyd
- Self - Senior Researcher, Microsoft
- Moby
- Self - Musician & Digital Rights Activist
- Sherry Turkle
- Self - Professor of Social Studies of Science and Technology, MIT
- Rainey Reitman
- Self - Electronic Frontier Foundation
- Christopher Soghoian
- Self - Principal Technologist, American Civil Liberties Union
- Michael Schearer
- Self - Computer Security Expert
- Ryan Calo
- Self - Director of Privacy and Robotics, Stanford Center for Internet & Society
- Ellen Corbett
- Self - State Senator Majority Leader, California
- Barrett Brown
- Self - Unofficial Spokesman, Hacktivist Group Anonymous
- Margaret Atwood
- Self - Science Fiction Author
- Max Schrems
- Self - Austrian Law Student
- Brian Kennish
- Self - Ex-Google Engineer
- Jerome Schwartz
- Self - Writer, Cold Case
- Christopher Shin
- Self - VP Engineering, Cellebrite
- Douglas Rushkoff
- Self - NY Times Columnist
- Leigh Bryan
- Self - Twitter User
- Joe Lipari
- Self - Comedian
- Amy Cutler
- Self - Royal Wedding Protestor
- Chris Knight
- Self - Professor of Anthropology & Royal Wedding Protestor
- Orson Scott Card
- Self - Science Fiction Author
- Peter Schaar
- Self - Federal Data Protection Commissioner
- Chris Anderson
- Self - Editor-in-Chief, Wired Magazine
- Frank Heidt
- Self - CEO, Leviathan Securities
- Raymond Kurzweil
- Self - Futurist & Inventor
- Ondi Timoner
- Self - Documentarian, We Live in Public
- Jamie Court
- Self - President, Consumer Watchdog
- Mark Zuckerberg
- Self - Founder, Facebook
- Peter Aldridge
- Self - Under Secretary of Defense
- Keith Alexander
- Self - NSA Director
- Julian Assange
- Self - Editor-in-Chief, WikiLeaks
- James Bamford
- Self - Author, The Shadow Factory
- Joe Barton
- Self - Representative, Texas
- George W. Bush
- Self - President
- Alan Davidson
- Self - Director of Public Policy, Google
- Bob Dowler
- Self - Milly Dowler's Father
- Milly Dowler
- Self - Missing Person
- Sally Dowler
- Self - Milly Dowler's Mother
- Thomas Drake
- Self - Whistleblower, NSA
- Daniel Ellsberg
- Self - Whistleblower, The Pentagon Papers
- Al Franken
- Self - Senator, Minnesota
- William Glanz
- Self - Technology Reporter, Washington Times
- Hugh Grant
- Self - Actor
- Bill Hemmer
- Self - TV Host
- Hank Johnson
- Self - Representative, Georgia
- John Kerry
- Self - Senator, Massachusetts
- Mark Klein
- Self - Former AT&T Technician
- Vito Lapinta
- Self - Truman Middle School Student
- Thomas Lenard
- Self - Tech Lobbyist
- Declan McCullagh
- Self - Political Correspondent, CNET News.com
- Robert Mueller
- Self - Head of the FBI
- Rupert Murdoch
- Self - News Corporation
- Barack Obama
- Himsef - President
- Mark Pryor
- Self - Senator, Arkansas
- Timi Robertson
- Self - Vito Lapinta's Mother
- Jay Rockefeller
- Self - Senator, West Virginia
- Edward Snowden
- Self - Whistleblower, NSA PRISM Program
- Russell Tice
- Self - Former NSA Analyst
- Jennifer Valentino-Devries
- Self - Assistant News Editor, The Wall Street Journal
- Stephen Colbert
- Self
- Greg Grunberg
- Self
- Eddie Izzard
- Self
- Jon Stewart
- Self
Produced By
- Cullen Hoback
- producer
- Nitin Khanna
- producer
- John Ramos
- producer
Music
Cinematography
Sound
- Jason T. Edwards
- dialogue editor / re-recording mixer / sound designer
- Louis Guidi
- dialogue editor / foley artist / sound editor / sound recordist
Editing
Visual Effects
- Laurence Cohen
- visual effects artist
Editorial
- Armen Harootun
- assistant editor
Other
- Dean Cheley
- legal counsel
- Hope Morgenstern
- office production assistant / researcher
- Grace Smith
- production coordinator / researcher
Music Department
- John Askew
- music editor
Camera Department
- Teal Greyhavens
- camera operator
- Cullen Hoback
- additional photography
- Ryan Lang
- second unit photography
- Marshall Stief
- camera operator
- Vince Sweeney
- additional cinematographer
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