# How surveillance tech erodes your privacy

- Institution: TED
- Department: TED Democracy Philadelphia
- Speaker: Jen Golbeck
- Year: 2026
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Society and politics
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/jen_golbeck_how_surveillance_tech_erodes_your_privacy)
- 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)

You've probably heard the warnings about digital privacy: read the terms of service, think before you share, be careful what you click. But AI ethicist Jen Golbeck says the problem runs a lot deeper than that. In this eye-opening talk, she reveals how corporations and governments built a system of "data colonialism" that tracks your movements, searches and habits — for profit and control. Learn how you can fight back against the surveillance state, starting with the devices in your own home.

## Lectures

1. [How surveillance tech erodes your privacy](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/jen_golbeck_how_surveillance_tech_erodes_your_privacy/d64b81432e26), 11 min (TED's player)