Tập
NOVA: Episode 11
Tóm tắt
NOVA reports on the potential danger of modern Computers that gather "routine" information about our daily lives as we buy things, go to the hospital, or make donations. Computers can know more about us than our closest friends. NOVA examines how much of that personal information is readily shared with other computers.
Chi tiết
- Phim bộ
- NOVA
- Mùa
- Mùa 8
- Tập
- Tập 11
- Ngày phát sóng
- 1981-09-27
- Thời lượng
- 55 min
Thông tin tập
Episode 11 là tập 11 trong Season 8 của NOVA. Tập này phát sóng ngày 1981-09-27. Thời lượng là 55 min.
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