After watching Panopticon, the facts presented in the film kind of shocked me.  While I knew Facebook, Google, and many other search engines or forms of social media can gather tons of information on all of their users, it was surprising to actually hear what kind of information the Internet can gather from individuals.  Additionally, even though a majority of the information and data received through the Internet is looked at, it is still kind of scary to know they have access to a lot of our information.

Furthermore another thing I found interesting about the film was the privacy those in the Netherlands had as compared to other countries.  In the Netherlands they practically have cameras everywhere and as shown in the beginning of the film when Vlemmix goes into the liquor store and they have a person through a computer verify his identification, showing they have minimal privacy.  However, while the Netherlands is very active on spending money on this technology to prevent crimes, not only have their crime rates gone down, but people in the Netherlands trust their government the most out of any European country, which I find surprising due to the fact that it appeared as if they had little to no privacy.  I believe this is due to the fact that the Dutch people have become used to these policies,  have trusted their government for awhile, and believe as if they have nothing to hide, which is what many people said in individual interviews.  Finally, another thing I found interesting was when these cameras, trackers, etc. were placed in Germany, the people strongly resented the new technology, while the people in the Netherlands just accept it now.