Christopher Soghoian
Privacy Advocate | Exposing Government Surveillance Tools
Christopher Soghoian is a Civil Liberties & Digital Rights speaker who has appeared at 3 events including TED 2016 and TED 2015, most recently in 2016.
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Christopher Soghoian is a leading expert on digital privacy and government surveillance. As a former principal technologist at the ACLU, he researched and exposed high-tech spy tools used by law enforcement to monitor citizens.
Soghoian's TED talks have reached millions, challenging audiences to protect their online privacy and security. His keynotes provide a rare insider's view of the cat-and-mouse game between governments, tech companies, and privacy advocates.
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Your smartphone is a civil rights issue
The smartphone you use reflects more than just personal taste ... it could determine how closely you can be tracked, too. Privacy expert and TED Fellow Christopher Soghoian details a glaring difference between the encryption used on Apple and Android devices and urges us to pay attention to a growing digital security divide. "If the only people who can protect themselves from the gaze of the government are the rich and powerful, that's a problem," he says. "It's not just a cybersecurity problem -- it's a civil rights problem."
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| Speaker | Shared events | Where they appeared together |
|---|---|---|
| Anand GiridharadasAuthor & Cultural Critic | Emerging Technology Impacts | 2 | TED 2015, TED 2016View shared history → |
| Eric LiuCitizen University CEO | Former Clinton speechwriter, teaching Americans how to exercise civic power | 2 | TED 2013, TED 2016View shared history → |
| Esther PerelPsychotherapist & relationships expert | 30M+ TED views, host of Where Should We Begin? | 2 | TED 2013, TED 2015View shared history → |
| John McWhorterLinguist and public intellectual | Author of over twenty books on language and race | 2 | TED 2013, TED 2016View shared history → |
| Pico IyerTravel writer & author of The Art of Stillness | 15 books on travel, belonging, and finding home | 2 | TED 2013, TED 2016View shared history → |
| Rokia TraoreMalian Singer-Songwriter | Cultural Bridges Through Music | 2 | TED 2013, TED 2016View shared history → |
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