该片披露了美国“棱镜”项目曝光者斯诺登从香港前往莫斯科的诸多细节，包括他在香港与卫报记者会面的过程。 纪录片导演介绍，该片披露了美国“棱镜”项目曝光者斯诺登从香港前往莫斯科的诸多细节，包括他在香港与卫报记者会面的过程。 当时，他们接头的暗号之一，是斯诺登手里的魔方。纪录片通过情景再现的方式向观众介绍了许多不为人知的细节，曾为斯诺登提供过帮助的关键人物首次详细披露整个过程。影片内的受访对象包括美国前国家安全局局长迈克尔海登，维基解密创始人朱利安·阿桑奇等，也包括斯诺登的父亲。

自1983年开始播映的PBS新闻最前线节目。

Ripped from international headlines, The Hacker Wars takes you to the front lines of the high-stakes battle over the fate of the Internet, freedom and privacy.

War on Whistleblowers: Free Press and the National Security State highlights four cases where whistleblowers noticed government wrong-doing and took to the media to expose the fraud and abuse.

The larger-than-life story of Kim Dotcom, the 'most wanted man online', is extraordinary enough, but the battle between Dotcom and the US Government and entertainment industry—being fought in New Zealand—is one that goes to the heart of ownership, privacy and piracy in the digital age.