Christopher Soghoian: Your smartphone is a civil rights issue
כריסטופר סוגהויאן: הסלולרי שלכם הוא בעית זכויות אזרח
Christopher Soghoian researches and exposes the high-tech surveillance tools that governments use to spy on their own citizens, and he is a champion of digital privacy rights. Full bio
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and the Federal Bureau of Investigation
into its mobile products
from everyone but the owner.
מפני כולם פרט לבעלים.
and yes, even governments
this is a great thing.
a conscious decision
as difficult as possible
smartphone operating systems
Android is made by Google.
אנדרואיד מיוצרת על ידי גוגל.
are as secure as possible.
מאובטחים ככל האפשר.
stored on iPhones by default,
על האייפון כברירת מחדל,
Apple customer to another Apple customer
to take any actions.
and it has a password,
getting any data off of it,
just really isn't as good.
פשוט לא כל כך טובה.
most of the Android phones
או לפחות רוב הטלפונים עם אנדרואיד
on the device by default,
על המכשירים כברירת מחדל,
in Android does not use encryption.
לא משתמשת בהצפנה.
all the data they want
להוציא את כל המידע שהם רוצים
companies in the world;
of luxury goods to have products
really, really dominates:
and a half people
has led to what I call
הובילה למה שאני קורא
and security of the rich,
that secure their data by default,
שמאבטחים את המידע שלהם כברירת מחדל,
to protect them by default.
כדי להגן עליהם כברירת מחדל.
a doctor, a politician.
smartphones in their pockets
טלפונים חכמים בכיסים שלהם
their text messages,
to secure their information.
כדי לאבטח את המידע שלהם.
and the most vulnerable in our societies
הכי פגיעים בחברה
completely vulnerable to surveillance.
לגמרי פגיעים למעקב.
to be seen as suspicious
שאפרו אמריקאים יהיו חשדנים
by the state with surveillance.
are also disproportionately likely
that do nothing at all
that surveillance is a tool.
are making it easy for people to encrypt,
who can protect themselves
or a cybersecurity problem.
for the poor and vulnerable users
for our democracy.
rely on technology --
מסתמכות על טכנולוגיה --
to Occupy Wall Street.
האביב הערבי, ועד לכבשו את וול סטריט.
and the members of these movements
and coordinate with smartphones.
בעזרת סלולרים חכמים.
that feel threatened by these movements
על ידי התנועות האלו
and their smartphones.
והסמרטפונים שלהם.
or a Mandela or a Gandhi
from government surveillance.
$20 Android phone in their pocket.
מכשיר אנדרואיד זול, של20$.
to address the digital security divide,
בפער האבטחתי הדיגיטלי,
that everyone in our society
כדי להבטיח שכולם בחברה שלנו
from surveillance by the state,
להגן על עצמם ממעקב על ידי המדינה,
be exposed to surveillance,
movements may be crushed
עלולות להימחץ
their full potential.
covers over his camera
with his headphone mic jack.
a personal question, which is:
here, particularly myself,
actually, I like Band-Aids,
למעשה אני מעדיף פלסטרים,
and put them back on
a call or a Skype call.
you can do for your privacy
שאתם יכולים לעשות למען הפרטיות שלכם
malicious software out there
This is used by stalkers.
זה נמצא בשימוש על ידי מטרידנים.
on your ex-girlfriend" software online.
"עקוב אחרי החברה שלך לשעבר" ברשת.
it's used by governments.
a sexual violence component to this,
can be used most effectively
בשימוש הכי אפקטיבי
who can be shamed in our society.
לעבור שיימינג בחברה שלנו.
you have nothing to hide,
children, teenagers in your lives,
on their camera and protect them.
כדי להגן עליהם.
CS: Thank you.
כ.ס: תודה לך.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Christopher Soghoian - Privacy researcher and activistChristopher Soghoian researches and exposes the high-tech surveillance tools that governments use to spy on their own citizens, and he is a champion of digital privacy rights.
Why you should listen
TED Fellow Christopher Soghoian is a champion of digital privacy rights, with a focus on the role that third-party service providers play in enabling governments to monitor citizens. As the principal technologist at the American Civil Liberties Union, he explores the intersection of federal surveillance and citizen's rights.
Before joining the ACLU, he was the first-ever technologist for the Federal Trade Commision's Division of Privacy and Identity Protection, where he worked on investigations of Facebook, Twitter, MySpace and Netflix. Soghoian is also the creator of Do Not Track, an anti-tracking device that all major web browsers now use, and his work has been cited in court.
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