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Surveillance

A collection of TED Talks (and more) on the topic of Surveillance.

Talks about Surveillance

Sharon Weinberger

Inside the massive (and unregulated) world of surveillance tech

What you need to know about face surveillance

The case for a decentralized internet

Kashmir Hill and Surya Mattu

What your smart devices know (and share) about you

Madhumita Murgia

How data brokers sell your identity

The surveillance device you carry around all day

Jennifer Granick

How the US government spies on people who protest -- including you

Christopher Soghoian

Your smartphone is a civil rights issue

Rebecca MacKinnon

We can fight terror without sacrificing our rights

How free is our freedom of the press?

Governments don't understand cyber warfare. We need hackers

Art that lets you talk back to NSA spies

Christopher Soghoian

How to avoid surveillance ... with the phone in your pocket

Trevor Aaronson

How this FBI strategy is actually creating US-based terrorists

Think your email's private? Think again

Catherine Crump

The small and surprisingly dangerous detail the police track about you

See all talks on Surveillance

Exclusive articles about Surveillance

Why Obama should pardon NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden

Some people might not like his tactics, but Edward Snowden has done great things for privacy rights, says Freedom of the Press Foundation's Trevor Timm. That's why it's time for him to come home.

Posted Oct 2016

I share everything. Or do I?

After a misleading tip linked Hasan Elahi to terrorist activities -- and an FBI investigation -- the artist created a project that lets anyone monitor him. But how much is he really revealing?

Posted Jul 2014