Christopher Soghoian: How to avoid surveillance ... with the phone in your pocket
Christopher Soghoian: Come evitare la sorveglianza... con il telefono in tasca
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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wiretapping assistance to governments.
i governi con le intercettazioni.
this assistance was manual.
l'assistenza era manuale.
and wires were connected by hand.
i cavi erano collegati a mano.
su nastro.
built surveillance features
funzioni di sorveglianza
that carry our calls
che trasmettono le nostre chiamate
when you're talking to your spouse,
che quando parlate col vostro coniuge,
or your doctor on the telephone,
o il dottore al telefono
be your own government;
il vostro governo
a foreign intelligence service,
un servizio segreto straniero,
the surveillance system,
nel sistema di sorveglianza,
of the telephone companies.
delle aziende telefoniche.
have built surveillance as a priority,
la sorveglianza è una priorità,
over the last couple years,
strong encryption technology
hanno creato una criptazione efficace
extremely difficult.
molto difficile.
might have an iPhone,
hanno un iPhone,
to send a text message
per mandare un sms
cannot easily be wiretapped.
sono difficili da intercettare.
the text messages themselves.
di vedere questi messaggi.
to make an audio call
per una chiamata audio
friends or loved ones,
of people around the world,
di persone nel mondo,
encryption technology into its product,
criptazione nei suoi prodotti,
in the Global South can easily communicate
del mondo di comunicare facilmente
often authoritarian,
spesso autoritari,
to listen to any telephone call --
le telefonate potevano essere ascoltate
officials are not very happy.
governativi non siano molto contenti.
these encryption tools are now available.
la criptazione è disponibile.
encryption features into their products
funzioni di criptazione nei loro prodotti
have democratized encryption.
hanno reso democratica la criptazione.
like British Prime Minister David Cameron,
come il primo ministro britannico Cameron,
emails, texts, voice calls --
-- email, sms, telefonate --
available to governments,
to their point of view.
in a dangerous world,
e in un mondo pericolosi,
serious national security threats
alla sicurezza nazionale
the FBI and the NSA to monitor.
monitorate da FBI e NSA.
features come at a cost.
ha un costo.
as a terrorist laptop,
per terroristi
communications devices.
dispositivi di comunicazione.
if the drug dealers' telephone calls
le telefonate degli spacciatori
can be intercepted,
possono essere intercettate,
around the world be using devices
nel mondo utilizzi dispositivi
systems that I've described --
di sicurezza che ho descritto --
and Microsoft built into their networks --
reti di Google e Microsoft
to lawful surveillance requests
a lecite richieste di sorveglianza
by the Chinese government,
dal governo cinese,
wanted to figure out
the US government was monitoring.
dal governo USA
built into the network
di sorveglianza della rete
Greece's largest telephone company --
la più grande azienda telefonica greca
da un'entità sconosciuta,
the surveillance feature,
quella di sorveglianza,
the Greek Prime Minister
il primo ministro greco
who did that were never caught.
non sono mai stati presi
with these surveillance features,
di queste funzioni di sorveglianza,
into a communications network
in una rete di comunicazione
who's going to go through it.
chi passerà di lì.
or the other side,
I think that it's better
to be as secure as possible.
il più sicure possibile.
wiretapping more difficult.
l'intercettazione più difficile.
are going to have a tougher time
farà più fatica
to live in a world
di vivere in un mondo
text messages could be surveilled
e i messaggi possono essere controllati
and by foreign intelligence agencies.
e da agenzie di spionaggio straniere.
in that kind of world.
in un mondo così.
you probably have the tools
avete gli strumenti
of government surveillance
di controlli governativi
and already in your pockets,
e nelle vostre tasche,
and how secure those tools are,
potenti e sicuri questi mezzi,
you've used to communicate really are.
di comunicare che usavate fino a oggi.
I want you to tell your colleagues:
e ai vostri colleghi:
because they're cheap and easy,
sono economici e facili da usare
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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