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Dialogue: 0,0:00:00.64,0:00:02.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How many of you\Nhave ever heard someone say
Dialogue: 0,0:00:02.72,0:00:03.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,privacy is dead?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:03.90,0:00:05.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Raise your hand.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:05.85,0:00:08.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How many of you have heard someone say
Dialogue: 0,0:00:08.33,0:00:12.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they don't care about their privacy\Nbecause they don't have anything to hide?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:12.66,0:00:13.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Go on.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:14.24,0:00:17.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, how many of you
Dialogue: 0,0:00:17.35,0:00:19.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,use any kind of encryption software?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:20.28,0:00:21.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Raise your hand.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:21.46,0:00:24.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or a password to protect\Nan online account?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:25.53,0:00:29.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or curtains or blinds\Non your windows at home?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:29.47,0:00:31.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:00:31.05,0:00:33.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,OK, so that's everyone, I think.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:33.11,0:00:34.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:00:34.75,0:00:36.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So why do you do these things?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:37.16,0:00:38.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My guess is,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:38.34,0:00:40.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's because you care about your privacy.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:40.75,0:00:43.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The idea that privacy is dead is a myth.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:43.78,0:00:46.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The idea that people\Ndon't care about their privacy
Dialogue: 0,0:00:46.54,0:00:48.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because "they have nothing to hide"
Dialogue: 0,0:00:48.26,0:00:49.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or they've done nothing wrong,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:49.93,0:00:51.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is also a myth.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:52.43,0:00:56.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm guessing that you would not want\Nto publicly share on the internet
Dialogue: 0,0:00:56.52,0:00:57.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for the world to see
Dialogue: 0,0:00:57.96,0:00:59.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all of your medical records.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:59.78,0:01:03.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or your search histories\Nfrom your phone or your computer.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:04.29,0:01:05.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I bet
Dialogue: 0,0:01:05.52,0:01:08.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that if the government\Nwanted to put a chip in your brain
Dialogue: 0,0:01:08.22,0:01:10.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to transmit every one of your thoughts
Dialogue: 0,0:01:10.50,0:01:12.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to a centralized government computer,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:12.88,0:01:14.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you would [unclear] at that ?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:14.39,0:01:15.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:01:16.85,0:01:18.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's because you care\Nabout your privacy,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:18.88,0:01:20.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like every human being.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:21.35,0:01:24.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, our world has changed fast.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:24.40,0:01:28.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And today, there is understandably\Na lot of confusion
Dialogue: 0,0:01:28.25,0:01:31.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about what privacy is and why it matters.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:32.26,0:01:34.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Privacy is not secrecy.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:34.49,0:01:35.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's control.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:36.82,0:01:40.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I share information with my doctor\Nabout my body and my health,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:40.76,0:01:43.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,expecting that she is not\Ngoing to turn around
Dialogue: 0,0:01:43.26,0:01:46.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and share that information\Nwith my parents,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:46.40,0:01:48.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or my boss or my kids.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:49.58,0:01:52.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That information is private, not secret.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:53.08,0:01:56.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm in control over how\Nthat information is shared.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:57.69,0:02:00.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You've probably heard people say\Nthat there's a fundamental tension
Dialogue: 0,0:02:00.87,0:02:02.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,between privacy on the one hand,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:02.66,0:02:04.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and safety on the other.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:05.96,0:02:08.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But the technologies\Nthat advance our privacy,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:08.52,0:02:10.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,also advance our safety.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:10.12,0:02:12.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Think about fences, door locks,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:12.57,0:02:15.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,curtains on our windows, passwords,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:15.34,0:02:16.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,encryption software.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:17.52,0:02:19.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All of these technologies
Dialogue: 0,0:02:19.04,0:02:23.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,simultaneously protect\Nour privacy and our safety.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:24.91,0:02:28.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Dragnet surveillance\Non the other hand protects neither.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:29.49,0:02:30.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In recent years,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:30.68,0:02:33.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the federal government\Ntasked a group of experts,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:33.62,0:02:36.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,called The Privacy and Civil Liberties\NOversight Board,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:36.58,0:02:39.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with examining post-9/11\Ngovernment surveillance programs,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:39.93,0:02:41.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,dragnet surveillance programs.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:42.31,0:02:45.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Those experts could not find\Na single example
Dialogue: 0,0:02:45.47,0:02:49.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of that dragnet surveillance\Nadvancing any safety --
Dialogue: 0,0:02:49.27,0:02:52.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,didn't identify or stop\Na single terrorist attack.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:53.37,0:02:56.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know what that information\Nwas useful for, though?
Dialogue: 0,0:02:56.27,0:02:59.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Helping NSA employees spy\Non their romantic interests.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:59.46,0:03:00.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:03:02.89,0:03:04.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Another example is closer to home.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:04.61,0:03:07.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So millions of people\Nacross the United States and the world
Dialogue: 0,0:03:07.49,0:03:09.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are adopting "smart home" devices,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:09.80,0:03:12.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like internet-connected\Nsurveillance cameras.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:12.71,0:03:15.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But we know that any technology\Nconnected to the internet
Dialogue: 0,0:03:15.100,0:03:17.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,can be hacked.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:18.51,0:03:20.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so if a hacker
Dialogue: 0,0:03:20.25,0:03:23.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,gets into your internet-connected\Nsurveillance camera at home,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:23.58,0:03:26.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they can watch you\Nand your family coming and going,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:26.30,0:03:28.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,finding just the right time to strike.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:29.55,0:03:31.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know what can't be hacked remotely?
Dialogue: 0,0:03:32.42,0:03:33.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Curtains.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:33.60,0:03:34.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:03:34.62,0:03:36.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Fences.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:36.06,0:03:37.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Door locks.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:38.41,0:03:40.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Privacy is not the enemy of safety.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:41.11,0:03:42.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is its guarantor.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:44.13,0:03:48.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Nonetheless, we daily face\Na propaganda onslaught
Dialogue: 0,0:03:48.14,0:03:52.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,telling us that we have to give up\Nsome privacy in exchange for safety
Dialogue: 0,0:03:52.25,0:03:54.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,through surveillance programs.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:55.08,0:03:59.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Face surveillance is the most dangerous\Nof these technologies.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:59.97,0:04:02.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are two primary ways today
Dialogue: 0,0:04:02.45,0:04:05.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,governments use technologies like this.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:05.16,0:04:06.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One is face recognition.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:07.24,0:04:09.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's to identify someone in an image.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:09.54,0:04:12.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The second is face surveillance,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:12.40,0:04:14.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which can be used in concert
Dialogue: 0,0:04:14.47,0:04:17.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with surveillance camera\Nnetworks and data bases
Dialogue: 0,0:04:17.35,0:04:20.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to create records of all\Npeople's public movements,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:20.86,0:04:23.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,habits and associations,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:23.28,0:04:26.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,effectively creating a digital panopticon.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:26.90,0:04:28.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is a panopticon.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:28.78,0:04:33.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's a prison designed to allow\Na few guards in the center
Dialogue: 0,0:04:33.03,0:04:36.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to monitor everything happening\Nin the cells around the perimeter.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:37.48,0:04:42.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The people in those prison cells\Ncan’t see inside the guard tower,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:42.17,0:04:45.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but the guards can see\Ninto every inch of those cells.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:47.27,0:04:49.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The idea here
Dialogue: 0,0:04:49.35,0:04:51.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is that if the people\Nin those prison cells
Dialogue: 0,0:04:51.97,0:04:53.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,know they're being watched all the time,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:53.92,0:04:55.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or could be,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:55.40,0:04:57.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they'll behave accordingly.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:57.40,0:05:01.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Similarly, face surveillance enables\Na centralized authority,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:01.19,0:05:03.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in this case the state,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:03.10,0:05:06.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to monitor the totality of human\Nmovement and association
Dialogue: 0,0:05:06.48,0:05:07.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in public space.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:08.05,0:05:09.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And here's what it looks like
Dialogue: 0,0:05:09.47,0:05:10.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in real life.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:10.87,0:05:13.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In this case, it's not a guard in a tower,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:13.70,0:05:16.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but rather a police analyst\Nin a spy center.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:17.51,0:05:20.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The prison expands beyond its walls,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:20.68,0:05:22.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,encompassing everyone,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:22.59,0:05:25.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,everywhere, all the time.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:26.19,0:05:27.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In a free society,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:27.52,0:05:29.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this should terrify us all.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:31.93,0:05:34.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For decades now, we've watched cop shows
Dialogue: 0,0:05:34.34,0:05:36.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that push a narrative that says
Dialogue: 0,0:05:36.09,0:05:39.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,technologies like face surveillance\Nultimately serve the public good.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:40.42,0:05:42.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But real life is not a cop drama.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:44.15,0:05:46.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The bad guy didn't always do it,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:46.14,0:05:49.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the cops definitely\Naren't always the good guys,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:49.43,0:05:52.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the technology doesn't always work.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:52.60,0:05:54.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Take the case of Steve Talley,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:54.52,0:05:57.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a financial analyst from Colorado.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:57.04,0:06:00.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In 2015, Talley was arrested\Nand he was charged with bank robbery
Dialogue: 0,0:06:00.97,0:06:04.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on the basis of an error\Nin a facial recognition system.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:04.98,0:06:06.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Talley fought that case
Dialogue: 0,0:06:06.19,0:06:08.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and he eventually was cleared\Nof those charges,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:08.44,0:06:11.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but while he was being\Npersecuted by the state,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:11.06,0:06:14.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he lost his house, his job and his kids.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:15.94,0:06:18.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Steve Talley's case is an example\Nof what can happen
Dialogue: 0,0:06:18.41,0:06:20.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when the technology fails.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:21.22,0:06:23.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But face surveillance is just as dangerous
Dialogue: 0,0:06:23.60,0:06:25.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when it works as advertized.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:26.88,0:06:29.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Just consider how trivial it would be
Dialogue: 0,0:06:29.72,0:06:32.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for a government agency\Nto put a surveillance camera
Dialogue: 0,0:06:32.18,0:06:36.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,outside a building where people meet\Nfor Alcoholics Anonymous meeting.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:37.19,0:06:40.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They could connect that camera\Nto a face surveillance algorithm
Dialogue: 0,0:06:40.24,0:06:41.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and a data base,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:41.42,0:06:42.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,press a button and sit back
Dialogue: 0,0:06:42.75,0:06:46.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and collect a record of every person\Nreceiving treatment for alcoholism.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:48.20,0:06:50.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It would be just as easy\Nfor a government agency
Dialogue: 0,0:06:50.54,0:06:53.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to use this technology\Nto automatically identify
Dialogue: 0,0:06:53.19,0:06:55.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,every person who attended\Nthe Women's March,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:55.59,0:06:57.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or a Black Lives Matter protest.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:59.16,0:07:03.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Even the technology industry\Nis aware of the gravity of this problem.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:03.91,0:07:08.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Microsoft's president Brad Smith\Nhas called on Congress to intervene.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:09.19,0:07:12.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Google for its part has publicly declined
Dialogue: 0,0:07:12.05,0:07:14.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to ship a face surveillance product
Dialogue: 0,0:07:14.22,0:07:17.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in part because of these grave\Nhuman and civil rights concerns.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:18.51,0:07:20.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that's a good thing.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:20.84,0:07:22.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because ultimately,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:22.48,0:07:25.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,protecting our open society\Nis much more important
Dialogue: 0,0:07:26.00,0:07:27.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,than corporate profit.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:29.08,0:07:31.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The ACLU's nationwide campaign
Dialogue: 0,0:07:31.44,0:07:33.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to get the government to pump the brakes
Dialogue: 0,0:07:33.40,0:07:35.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on the adoption on this\Ndangerous technology
Dialogue: 0,0:07:35.75,0:07:38.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,has prompted reasonable questions\Nfrom thoughtful people.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:39.81,0:07:43.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What makes this technology\Nin particular so dangerous?
Dialogue: 0,0:07:43.79,0:07:46.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why can't we just regulate it?
Dialogue: 0,0:07:46.05,0:07:48.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In short, why the alarm?
Dialogue: 0,0:07:49.24,0:07:51.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Face surveillance is uniquely dangerous
Dialogue: 0,0:07:51.68,0:07:53.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for two related reasons.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:54.13,0:07:57.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One is the nature\Nof the technology itself.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:57.33,0:07:59.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the second is that our system
Dialogue: 0,0:07:59.63,0:08:04.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,fundamentally lacks the oversight\Nand accountability mechanisms
Dialogue: 0,0:08:04.06,0:08:05.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that would be necessary
Dialogue: 0,0:08:05.49,0:08:09.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to ensure it would not be abused\Nin the government's hands.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:10.56,0:08:15.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,First, face surveillance enables\Na totalizing form of surveillance
Dialogue: 0,0:08:15.50,0:08:16.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,never before possible.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:18.01,0:08:21.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Every single person's every visit\Nto a friend's house,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:21.99,0:08:23.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a government office,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:23.58,0:08:25.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a house of worship,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:25.69,0:08:27.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a planned parenthood,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:27.12,0:08:28.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a cannabis shop,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:28.65,0:08:30.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a strip club;
Dialogue: 0,0:08:30.96,0:08:35.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,every single person's public movements,\Nhabits and associations,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:35.30,0:08:36.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,documented and catalogued,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:36.96,0:08:39.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not on one day, but on every day,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:39.35,0:08:41.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,merely with the push of a button.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:42.28,0:08:45.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This kind of totalizing mass surveillance
Dialogue: 0,0:08:45.44,0:08:48.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,fundamentally threatens\Nwhat it means to live in a free society.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:48.50,0:08:51.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Our freedom of speech,\Nfreedom of association,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:51.25,0:08:52.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,freedom of religion,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:52.61,0:08:53.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,freedom of the press,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:53.89,0:08:55.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,our privacy,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:55.12,0:08:56.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,our right to be left alone.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:58.47,0:08:59.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You may be thinking,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:59.95,0:09:03.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"OK, come on, but there are tons\Nof ways the government can spy on us."
Dialogue: 0,0:09:03.31,0:09:04.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And yes, it's true,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:04.53,0:09:06.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the government can track us\Nthrough our cell phones,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:07.01,0:09:10.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but if I want to go to get an abortion,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:10.66,0:09:12.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or attend a political meeting,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:12.47,0:09:14.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or even just call in sick,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:14.95,0:09:16.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and play hooky and go to the beach,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:16.78,0:09:18.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:09:18.14,0:09:20.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I can leave my phone at home.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:21.10,0:09:23.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I cannot leave my face at home.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:25.16,0:09:27.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that brings me\Nto my second primary concern.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:27.73,0:09:31.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How we might meaningfully\Nregulate this technology.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:32.32,0:09:36.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Today, if the government wants to know\Nwhere I was last week,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:36.05,0:09:40.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they can't just hop into a time machine\Nand go back in time and follow me.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:41.58,0:09:44.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And they also, the local police right now,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:44.34,0:09:47.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,don't maintain any centralized\Nsystem of tracking,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:47.66,0:09:51.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where they're cataloging every person's\Npublic movements all the time,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:51.05,0:09:54.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just in case that information\Nsome day becomes useful.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:54.78,0:09:57.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Today, if the government\Nwants to know where I was last week,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:57.91,0:09:59.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or last month or last year,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:59.54,0:10:01.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they have to go to a judge, get a warrant,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:01.92,0:10:04.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then serve that warrant\Non my phone company,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:04.24,0:10:07.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which by the way, has a financial interest\Nin protecting my privacy.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:09.03,0:10:10.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,With face surveillance,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:10.68,0:10:12.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,no such limitations exist.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:13.23,0:10:15.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is technology that is 100 percent
Dialogue: 0,0:10:15.89,0:10:18.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,controlled by the government itself.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:19.36,0:10:23.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So how would a warrant requirement\Nwork in this context?
Dialogue: 0,0:10:24.31,0:10:26.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Is the government going to go to a judge,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:26.33,0:10:27.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and get a warrant
Dialogue: 0,0:10:27.52,0:10:29.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then serve the warrant on themselves?
Dialogue: 0,0:10:30.11,0:10:32.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That would be like me giving you my dairy,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:32.15,0:10:34.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and saying, "Here,\Nyou can hold on to this forever,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:34.77,0:10:37.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but you can't read it\Nuntil I say it's OK."
Dialogue: 0,0:10:38.10,0:10:39.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So what can we do?
Dialogue: 0,0:10:41.22,0:10:44.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The only answer to the threat posed
Dialogue: 0,0:10:44.55,0:10:46.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by the government's use\Nof face surveillance
Dialogue: 0,0:10:46.83,0:10:49.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is to deny the government the capacity
Dialogue: 0,0:10:49.52,0:10:51.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to violate the public's trust,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:51.81,0:10:53.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by denying the government the ability
Dialogue: 0,0:10:53.90,0:10:57.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to build these in-house\Nface-surveillance networks.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:57.71,0:10:59.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that's exactly what we're doing.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:00.57,0:11:03.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The ACLU is part of a nationwide campaign
Dialogue: 0,0:11:03.86,0:11:07.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to pump the brakes on the government's use\Nof this dangerous technology.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:08.14,0:11:09.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We've already been successful,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:09.61,0:11:12.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from San Francisco\Nto Somerville, Massachusetts,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:12.74,0:11:14.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we have passed municipal bans
Dialogue: 0,0:11:14.90,0:11:17.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on the government’s\Nuse of this technology.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:17.17,0:11:19.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And plenty of other communities\Nhere in Massachusetts
Dialogue: 0,0:11:19.74,0:11:20.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and across the country
Dialogue: 0,0:11:20.95,0:11:22.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are debating similar measures.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:22.42,0:11:25.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Some people have told me\Nthat this movement is bound to fail.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:26.62,0:11:28.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That ultimately,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:28.28,0:11:30.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,merely because the technology exists,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:30.38,0:11:33.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it will be deployed in every context
Dialogue: 0,0:11:33.49,0:11:35.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by every government everywhere.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:38.07,0:11:39.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Privacy is dead, right?
Dialogue: 0,0:11:40.39,0:11:41.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So the narrative goes.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:43.03,0:11:45.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well I refuse to accept that narrative.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:45.36,0:11:46.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you should too.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:48.21,0:11:52.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We can't allow Jeff Bezos or the FBI
Dialogue: 0,0:11:52.03,0:11:56.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to determine the boundaries\Nof our freedoms in the 21st century.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:57.41,0:11:59.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If we live in a democracy,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:59.59,0:12:01.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we are in the driver's seat,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:01.61,0:12:03.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,shaping our collective future.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:04.70,0:12:06.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We are at a fork in the road right now.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:07.38,0:12:09.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We can either continue\Nwith business as usual,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:09.85,0:12:13.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,allowing governments to adopt and deploy\Nthese technologies unchecked,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:13.88,0:12:17.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in our communities, our streets\Nand our schools,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:17.22,0:12:22.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or we can take bold action now
Dialogue: 0,0:12:22.13,0:12:26.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to press pause on the government's use\Nof face surveillance,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:26.49,0:12:28.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,protect our privacy,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:28.10,0:12:31.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and to build a safer, freer future
Dialogue: 0,0:12:31.21,0:12:32.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for all of us.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:32.59,0:12:33.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:33.77,0:12:36.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)