Christopher Soghoian: Government surveillance — this is just the beginning
Christopher Soghoian: Overheidscontrole — dit is alleen nog maar het begin
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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in andere landen,
de revolutie zou overslaan.
door zijn regering,
en sms'jes lieten zien.
telephone calls and text messages.
en dataverkeer kunnen onderscheppen.
gebruiken ze bijvoorbeeld Skype
afgeluisterd kan worden.
levert aan overheden,
allows those governments
as they go over the wire,
van informatie,
de regering in Egypte viel,
het kantoor van de geheime politie.
onvoldoende middelen en expertise,
voor westerse bedrijven
the microphone is enabled.
of Gamma International.
staat van dienst
software around the world.
through your target's eyes.
door de bril van je doel.
documenten uitwisselt,
Blackberry, Symbian, Linux"]
Blackberry, Symbian, Linux"]
messaging, relationships,
locatie, messaging, relaties.
Hidden collection infrastructure"]
Verborgen infrastructuur "]
Managed from a single spot"]
Te overzien vanuit één plaats"]
would be funny if it wasn't true,
als het niet waar was,
er journalisten mee op de sporen.
journalists by the Moroccan government.
voor de koffiepauze
gebruikt als de Duitse.
as the government of Germany.
Investigation in the United States
heeft de FBI het budget
their own surveillance technology,
van eigen surveillance-software.
the Electronic Frontier Foundation --
'Stichting Elektronisch Front' ---
surveillance-technologie.
of surveillance technologies.
afdeling gehoord.
for more than six years.
onderzoek doe naar surveillance.
voor werkzoekenden.
U.S. government contractors
de Afdeling Operaties op Afstand
gedaan hadden.
and trust at the Wall Street Journal,
die ik ken en vertrouw.
inderdaad een team heeft
mensenrechtenactivisten
dezelfde technologie,
dus deze technologie omarmd.
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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