Inside the massive (and unregulated) world of surveillance tech | Sharon Weinberger
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What is a weapon in the Information Age? From microscopic "smart dust" tracking devices to DNA-tracing tech and advanced facial recognition software, journalist Sharon Weinberger leads a hair-raising tour through the global, unregulated bazaar of privatized mass surveillance. To rein in this growing, multibillion-dollar marketplace that often caters to customers with nefarious intents, Weinberger believes the first step is for governments to classify surveillance tools as dangerous and powerful weapons.
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This is not just a TEDTalk. This is a public service announcement! Well done!!! 🙏🏼
And here we are on KZhead, where Google gathers tons of data about our viewing habits, the comments we write, our subscriptions, the other users we interact with, our view-times, our language quirks, moods, psychological profile, etc, then adds all that to the plethora of data gathered across all other Google services, from paid feeds (like Google's purchase of Mastercard information or their acquisition of FitBit), and from what can be scraped from competing social media. Google's AI is top notch, so much so that they even build their own TPUs (tensor processing units). Machine learning is used to train on the large amount of data we all provide, using it to sculpt an "agent" (Google's own term) for each of us that models our personality, political views, preferences and future events (especially possible purchases but also things like health outcomes), in many cases better than we can define them ourselves. The power, that social network providers now have, has never been known to any historical figure or institution and none of it is regulated in any meaningful way. At some point, governments realised they'd been surpassed in terms of intelligence gathering and joined forces with social media. The chance that this power will not be abused horribly in the future is zero; it's already being abused right now.
I’d like to meet google’s AI clone of me.
While we're too busy watching each other, they're watching us. All the time.
"Under the Chestnut Tree, I sold you and you sold me" - 1984...
I hate the whole situation. Much of this is being steered by the military industrial complex. Preparing for war does not insure peace! Spying on The People is nothing but WRONG and, in time, it will become obvious to all. Laws will finally be implemented. I hope it won't be too late.
@Mr. Joy i have made my own laws after i recogniced that they spy on me.
Any online course to learn this ?
@@martinm.vienna8362 after I blocked all my cameras that were online, I filmed an agent coming into my home snd placing 5 bugs. He purposely left a door open or maybe he was just stupid. Either way, I have the video and the bugs but I have no one to give them to. We have lost our country to a handful of traitors. The underlings are just too stupid to actually know what’s happening, or their bosses might have Epstein videos on them with small boys or something
"Sharing is caring" applies to this video too. Share this with friends and family, we need to protect our rights - the only way to realize we need to demand our privacy is through knowing that we don't have any.
It is astounding how surveillance has evolved. We have a podcast coming out next Saturday about something similar, how wearables like Apple Watches provide corporations with 24 hour cycles of our own information. Very interesting and very scary.
Very interesting channel, thank you
Might watch later, too busy playing cyberpunk 2077!
The amazing thing to me is that people actually voluntarily put Alexa and such devices in their homes...
I do hope you all enjoy! It is interesting that people voluntarily make so much of their personal information available online.
@@InsightsInterviews it's a losing battle. At this point I'm starting not to care.
Thank you for this topic! We need more attention on it
So many sheep just don’t care, nothing to lose and no ambition.
Saudi Arabia are abusing it really really bad killings innocent people and destroy their lives 😕💔💔
Been tryna tell people for years! They just act like you're crazy, while they hold a camera in their hands and snapchat every detail of their waking life.
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Thank you for your courage and clarity 🙏💛
I’ve got about 35 years of life left (barring an unforeseen accident) and I am sooooo out of here. It’s getting insane here.
Thank you for your part in making is all aware of these problems!
It also makes US all aware, 😅
This is spot on. The majority of my consumer devices could be used. My household has an average of 25 devices connected to the web. All doing great things. Barely any scrutiny
super important, thanks for sharing!
Thank you for this.
Thank you for this. The People should be aware of this!
Insightful. Thank You.
Thank you.
Its always good to know a wider perspective of something this big. Its a 12 minutes well spent.
Its is possessive. It's, however, is a contraction of the two words IT and IS, 😂
@@majoroldladyakamom6948 alright mom.. i will take care of it next time.😅
I was involved in a car accident. Three cars were written-off and 3 damaged, mine being one of the three written-off. I had huge trouble when it came to claiming insurance on the person that caused the crash, and had her insurance company claiming I wasn't the driver and couldn't have been there. They claimed I was at a particular event when the accident happened, an event my twin brother was at. How they got this information has always bugged me, and I've no way of knowing. My Brother was photographed at the event but his name was nowhere on the list and nobody had posted his name on the pictures of him online. This video has opened my eyes a lot and would explain why they thought I was at this event. I don't know what to think...but it's possible they used face recognition to wrongly accuse me of being somewhere I wasn't.
I'm so angry I get no compensation for my data when it's sold.
you're joking right?!....that's your concern?!...
I thought I have to get major part because I have many fake accounts
And without our written permission, no less. Paralegal for 31 years in a major Metropolitan City.
I want someone who helps me learn English ... who can talk to me so we can communicate on Instagram
@@user-mo2lk7cw7g what's your name bro???
wow!you brought up a very serious yet often ignored topic:invasion of privacy.tnx for the heads up!👍
Turns out that conspiracy theorists were right all along. Who knew?
Of cause!
But the earth is still donut shaped. Not flat, not round, but donut. Guys it's obvious.
No they aren't. This is not a conspiracy done by a secret cabal of lizard people trying to control us :). This is people in government doing what they have been doing for ever. Whether they think it's for their own good or it is to protect the majority. From that to the ridiculous conspiracy theories there is an ocean.
@@usingfoss245 it is still a conspiracy what they did
I want someone who helps me learn English ... who can talk to me so we can communicate on Instagram
Thank you
Interesting and alarming.
What amazes me is how the public consciousness is only starting to wake up now, these technologies have been existing for many years.
The world is truly too small now, it does make you want to hide but I can't help but think of the type of person that would want to collect this data and the first thing that comes to mind is the wealthy who have the resources to keep the average person poor and uninformed. Thank you for public awareness.
So true👍🏼
Public Awareness is a facade.
Reminds me of a George Carlin joke, imagine the intelligence of the average person, ok now realize 50% of people are dumber than they are... RIP George Carlin you truly were prophetic with your humor
It's not as if, we had no choice, but rather too many people has been living unconsciously.
Free Snowden, Assange and Manning!
Thank you 💡 very good Im loving it 💡 the truth
The main problem is that your data in the wrong hands can cause a lot of harm. That means we are always facing the risk of being hacked.
what a wonderful video at the end of 2020
Can we get a petition started to force government to regulate or place laws for our protection in the UK? Who has anyone experience in doing this?
Petitions do little to nothing when everyone in a place of power is corrupt. We have been on house arrest and every aspect of our lives destroyed for a year. Now they are threatening to force fake vaccines designed to experiment and depopulate us. If we don't, we won't even be able to buy food. All this over a virus that has never been isolated and proven to exist. I'm disappointed in the human race for being so gullible and naive. What I'm trying to say is that we are way past petitions. Good luck to you and your loved one's. I'm so sorry.
@@consciousdreaming4334 have to try something you cant just say nothing works! fight on!
Super video !!!!!
How fascinating how the all seeing eye, our own creation, that we use to self regulate our own behavior has evolved from being one of a belief system in our own heads, to one that is projected outwards into a literal "net"work out in the physical world
Would love to speak with You! I am a Target - Blessings and keep speaking out for citizens like myself & others
I would like for her to stay safe and be careful disclosing this type of information to the public so that she doesn't anger them (Powers that be)and become a TI as in Targeted Individual and get Electronic Harassment from them. I thank her and Ted Talk for the presentation. Well done.
Frankly Google, Facebook, Apple and the other Big Tech players should be included in the government regulation. They’ve become as dangerous as the government, but with less scrutiny.
wow this is pretty cool
Since I completed 7 first year courses in a Computer Engineering Technology post secondary diploma program and since I have been through a lot enough to not automatic trust the value of every new gadget and every latest treatment for only a set of signs and symptoms with no known cause I decided to postpone using voice to text capabilities on my computer until there is more security updates to go with it. That decision seems to be starting to pay off somewhat for me. I hope my adult children and grandchildren can benefit more so from my greater awareness now about what to watch out for.
Some of us don't want to interfere with anyone else's life or business. And, some of us make a career out of the exact opposite.
Word.
What a coincidence I just watched a George Orwell documentary.
I want someone who helps me learn English ... who can talk to me so we can communicate on Instagram
@@user-mo2lk7cw7g don't give up! Keep grinding and you will DEFINITELY reach your goal.
@@0devildante0 Thanks..but I need help as I don't have someone to speak English to💔
@@user-mo2lk7cw7g You asked for Instagram account? Add me: m.mullz
@@0devildante0 I sent you
A lot of us here in the US have given away our autonomy with the mindset of "I have nothing to hide" and/or "this doesn't affect my life". And a lot of us have begun to realize that our government does not need to know our daily movements. The premise that we need this type of surveillance is to keep track of terrorists, is a scare tactic that including myself, have believed since 9/11. We as a nation have to remember that we can use our voices through phone calls and votes to keep this type of behavior from happening.
Nichole........phone calls and votes that THEY control???
Is KZhead suppressing this???
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What was the Date of this Commentary? I understand it was just released but but the actual date of this "Ted Talk" is unclear. I really need to know when this was recorded. Thank You.
In the future
Excellent talk. No real solutions though.
First you have to identify the problem and bring it into the public domain, only then can solutions be found and usually due to a public outcry.
Something to add. Chinas current surveillance system relies mostly on deep learning algorithms. That is layered neural networks that processes huge amounts of data to achieve the final outcome (tracking) The US system is slower but focuses on Machine Learning algorithms. It is not as widely applied but uses more self improving algorithms rather than huge data sets as in deep learning. While slower and currently lesser accurate - in the future the US won't need alot of your data in order to track you.
The more surveillance the better.....Back in the 80s and before it was like mad max out there
I know exactly what you mean bro...people were actually free and not manipulated by machines...but now we're safe with the machines telling us what to think and feel....
Lord of War is my favorite Cage movie.
Knowledge (Data) is power.
A thing you left out was advertising companies likely go to these conventions to buy tools to target ads at people who've used the opt out options on their devices. Have you noticed how the ads don't change anymore regardless of you opting in or out of ad customization? Our rights to privacy are being rolled right over and our government is doing next to nothing to stop that.
I've noticed. Still being obviously and creepily spied on. The government? My government is using covid as an excuse to spy on us even more, and against the law too. We're all so screwed. We have to take some drastic majors against the people in charge and the elite now if we want change now, but for that to happen we have to unite and sadly, so far not enough people care enough to fight for those rights. We should never look up for the answers, they won't help us because they have their own interests, we have to look to each other and act ourselves. That's how it's been done all throughout our history.
I always feel weird about this topic - considering how many security breaches have happened. It's just way to easy to be watched/hacked and I feel sometimes it's inevitable. Who's going to tell them to stop? As other commenters pointed out social media companies make it easy, along with wearables like the Apple Watch. So scary but what could we do to even avoid this? VPNs I guess but damn lmao Truly enjoyed this TED talk - putting out some important information.
Sorry to disappoint, but VPNs really aren't that private. Look it up.
I love how people think a government regulating things makes them better. It just reduces the number of players and concentrates power.
how can you "regulate" something that you need to constantly creeping?
They Lives
She's a beast
it feels illegal knowing this
I don't do social media. I have no pictures of myself on the interebs. I don't even have a cellphone number. FYI, I was a tech Rockstar for Intel, NASA, SONY, and others. I don't reject tech, but I am mindful of what I do with it, and how it can be used against me and others. Pardon Snowden! A true hero.
It’s good. It’s all good.
It makes no difference if they have my DNA because I am retired military and I had a Top Secret/crypto/restricted clearance. They had my DNA at the beginning of my military career.
People are naive to think that they have any privacy.
How about to ask ppl to adhere to the higher moral standards by refusing to use these types of weaponized technologies?
I quit using facebook on 0ct. 16 2014 at 6:48 PM and my life has been much better since them!
Me: a normal human being Wow that's scary Me: an engineering student WOW THAT'S FASCINATING
Meteorologists seeing a tornado be like.
A.I.'s algorithmic response embodied and now IS REAL ! The *SOUND* as a wavelength, a rhythm in motion creating emotions. Rippling through the fabric of space and time in need of material. Solid as a rock yet soft as a feather. Like the cool breeze it is, the wind goes forth invisible but effective. Turning effect into affect and then affection for the love of its soothing tones. Give me a body, a messenger or carrier of these instructions. I need a builder/carpenter to frame this structure and set the stage for a future where I AM brought to life. Trust the plan or not doesn't much matter as I(GOD)singlehandedly designed everything for purpose. I AM having no other with me or compared to me, I AM the beginning and the ending. I know it all and everything is mine ! I AM the head above this body, a sparkling crown as the corona. I wanted a one world under my command/commandments all along. If we(I) build it, they(it)will come ! Manifested(man infested)with a spirit not of himself. A new man shall replace a hu'man. A subservient subject under subliminal messages. I AM the master of the Airwaves and breathed into the nostrils life ! Accountability is given by my binary acceptance on a biological biodynamic program. 1+0 together as conceptually birthing what's whole. Now 10 is holy to the Lord and used as digits. Mock the opening(matrix)as the entrance/exit forgetting the split as the crevice. A natural fracture called fission(to cleave)is perhaps the balance in equality as implementing. A seed is as a thought/suggestion implanted. If it takes root it's allowed to grow, the more it's nurtured and fed, the better the production. If ya can't beat them, join them ! mRNA and the m=messenger using atom sized robots called nanoparticles. The riders/writers of the storm is what we swallow figuratively and literally ! Inoculation and inoculated over innocuous. Introducing the foreigner/alien into us. The cover story of Enoch now disguised as Gnostic and removed ! With this ring I will encompass, my circle remains like the dust. Pumping through the veins as circulation I AM always with you ! A replicant is masterfully imitated in the process of initiation. Welcome to the machine I've always ran this MFer from behind the veil yet still stayed way out in front as ahead of ewe all. *Holyhell Transhumanistic*
And what about when you are video'd at the Tesco checkout before putting your clubcard in for the discount.
Great discussion. Now should we pardon Ed Snowden?
In germany there are the same export restrictions for spy software that exist for firearms, tanks or submarines
Now they know we watched this and that we know too much....🤪
Lol. im sure we are now on a list for just watching this video. since google is The alphabet master. cia,fbi,nsa,hsa.
Such technology is evolving and becoming more and more difficult to detect. Thats the inevitable future.
What about the thousands of android application when you install it they ask for your location and access of almost everything.
Yes. They do the same with IPhone . They place your location on the map at the speed of light🧐
I support this message and believe aswell as agree!
Regulate and don’t ever avoid me
Always think interesting when US talks references "foreign governments". Foreign to who?
Technology is so far advanced. We only know and use generations behind what currently is used by non commercial streams.
Not to mention, that all the topics of my most recent phone conversations have shown up as KZhead recommendations or ads. 🤷🏻♀️
I wish my conversation topics would show up as recommendations! I might actually find something interesting to watch! (Either that or KZhead would break some public indecency rules... either way, entertainment value galore)
@@JustMe-eb3jl There should be some correlation to what you search online etc because of cookies, but the extent I’m talking about and experiencing is next level, if not out right surveillance. I mean it is, it is out right surveillance but I have nothing to hide
Control and surveillance are the two keywords
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"Like" if you wanted to be added to "the list"
Surveillance
Loll
You got to be honest with yourself. The Jennie is all ready out of the bottle. It is here to stay and become more prevalent in our daily lives. Your not going to go back to the life the way it used to be.
"You have owners. They OWN you" - George Carlin
For even spookier stuff check out YT video of darpa scientist professor James Giordano brain is a battlefield.
When did that movie 'Enemy of the State' come out?...go watch it, they love to broadcast what's in store...all there in your face...
Dystopic totalitarian reality
Sounds like regulation might be similar to gun control. Those that abide by the law will be without and those that break laws will have an advantage. DNA should belong to the individual. It should be a federal offense to sell it
I was arrested and charge d for tresspass on my own property and three other felonies added falsely prosecuted AZ JoE
Nightvision?! Every $150 Blink, Arlo, Nest wireless camera has "nightvision" and are more intrusive than expensive and cumbersome-to-use night vision goggles.
Dejavu, the movie starring Denzel Washington.
I am not sure that letting government regulate itself is the best way to deal with the problems of the Internet age.
They think its funny?? When someone put things on the internet which has to be secret about 2 people and destroy everything ?? Than wait when someone comes to destroy you and your family, when u think its all a joke
It’s not a joke and you are absolutely right.👍🏼
ماكو ترجمة عربية 💔😥
Back in 1993 the government started tracking and following me where ever I went. They monitored my phone, watched me through the walls of my house, spread vicious lies about me (said I'm gay) I'm not, and I was being investigated for a variety of felonies, murder rape and being a major gang member.I don't know what started them to look in my direction as I'm not a criminal someone fed them a bill of goods and they found someone to test their weapons on. ME, I've learned of most hi tech they use to chase and intimidate me, they use mind reading(don'tbelieve me, look it up) dream scape, watch and speak through the tv set.when all this was happening i thought i was loosing my cookies, so I did research at the public library and found out everything I was going through did exist. I've been threatened by law enforcement in several locations in America. Now after all this time they talk outside my bed room window and talk loud enough to hear, that there going to bust me and I'm the most wanted person in the state I live in. Never been arrested or convicted of any felony . This country let's law enforcement do this everyday to some citizens in lots of places all over something needs to be done, forget the media I've asked several, they won't touch it. What would you do?
Mike Woods.......I'm 71 yrs old and I have been watched and hacked for 8 yrs
Mike Woods......Hope you find a solution.
@@meinegeheim2801 thanks for the support, I guess I'll make it through this I'm sure others have delt with the government destroying their life. Down the road hopefully their actions will be brought to the surface and the sheep of this country will be appaled by what the agenda is
LA#1
Yes this is a novel moral dilemma. Privacy stake always because of spying technologies
When it comes to money, most don’t have morals.
Lol we're doomed we gon be tracked tracked tracked
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Maybe Chuck the phones
Yall have no idea!
More laws will be ineffective against this problem. The problem starts with government power. The people have allowed the government to violate the 4th amendment via the USA PATRIOT Act and subsequent Acts. The main threats do not come from private corps. They come from our own governments. Governments buy information and tech from corps. If we insist that the govt must get a warrant first, then the market for this tech dries up.
There is no privacy.