# Government surveillance — this is just the beginning

- Institution: TED
- Department: TED Fellows Retreat 2013
- Speaker: Christopher Soghoian
- Year: 2013
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Business and management, Society and politics
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/christopher_soghoian_government_surveillance_this_is_just_the_beginning)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

Privacy researcher Christopher Soghoian sees the landscape of government surveillance shifting beneath our feet, as an industry grows to support monitoring programs. Through private companies, he says, governments are buying technology with the capacity to break into computers, steal documents and monitor activity — without detection. This TED Fellow gives an unsettling look at what's to come.

## Lectures

1. [Government surveillance — this is just the beginning](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/christopher_soghoian_government_surveillance_this_is_just_the_beginning/a3a9553c9dd5), 9 min (TED's player)