Malte Spitz: Your phone company is watching
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- Опубліковано 26 сер 2024
- www.ted.com What kind of data is your cell phone company collecting? Malte Spitz wasn't too worried when he asked his operator in Germany to share information stored about him. Multiple unanswered requests and a lawsuit later, Spitz received 35,830 lines of code -- a detailed, nearly minute-by-minute account of half a year of his life.
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Great talk. I think it's amazing he was able to say the presentation clearly. This guy speaks in German and has the guts to speak to an English speaking crowd. Kudos!
Holy crap. He got a standing ovation.
At first i thought this was another cell phone rant, but with those facts and information really got me to listen this makes me want to call my service and question them, ty.
I feel like there's really is no such thing as privacy anymore. In order to be private, I have to disconnect from the world. It's an awkward position.
i must thank the man for all the effort he took , to make me quite worried . no very worried
8 years later...
Without a speech impediment, while speaking in my native language, public speaking is hard for me. Give this guy a break. His message was clear, with an otherwise perfect delivery.
Wow, he has a slight stutter, he's speaking in his second language, and he's giving a Ted talk. Hat's off to this chubby German activist and his cojones of steel.
Man, this guy is brave. I don't think any of you would just stand in front of a crowd of germans and not sound different let alone stand in front of them.
Very interesting talk - very well presented. I want to hear more from this guy - what a clear mind he has!
Ended up silently clapping with the audience in the end...
What a great presentation.
A lot of people these days don't really understand importance of the terms "privacy", "self-determination", "individual freedom".
its not a tick or aspergers, its just stammering/stuttering and he did a damn good job controlling it
favorite quote? "Blah Blah answers" LOL this guy is amazing and courageous if i had a speech impediment id be too much of a little girl to go up lol
That information is very efficiently formatted text - text compresses really well. The entire works of Shakespeare can be compressed into around a megabyte.
The entire works of Shakespeare can thus be stored a over a BILLION times over on a consumer grade hard drive (for a total cost of about 100 dollars, ~1 terabyte drive). The average telecom company has very reliable data storage systems with hundreds of petabytes (1 petabyte = 1000 terabytes) of storage capacity. You do the math...
still the best TED talk to date
Sort of, but it's still more important what he's saying rather than how well he's communicating. His issues communicating could've just been nerves or an actual mental tic, as well as combining that with his german accent in the english language, but what he's saying is scary as hell.
my phone is an old model of 2001, still it can register the location where i present right now below the provider name in the screen. that is A-GPS and it works by using cross section of several tower near to you. it isnt that accurate but it gives you an idea where to look for, and so track your movement. imagine that you work in some company and have things in your bag that is important to them, they might be able to track your location, wipe you from this world and take that things.
The problem is not one of choice, it is of suppressed information. Did you know this was happening until you saw this video? Did you really know that phone companies had access to all this information about you because of a 2006 EU directive? Are consumers ever warned of this when they sign onto a mobile phone subscription?
How can you choose not to opt into this kind of surveillance, when you don't even know it's taking place?
And you can see how well all this surveillance works by how vitally interested you are in all the recommended videos over there to the right.-->
If you're anything like me, they represent a TINY FRACTION of what you're actually interested in, often repeated over and over.
All cell phones now have GPS capacity, I believe. That is good in case of an emergency rescue situation, but agree it is bad for privacy.
Awesome video. Really freaky to think about seeing that part of my life is so interconnected to the internet.
This is a VERY important video. I hope many people all over the world and especially in America watch it.
You shouldn't underestimate how simple parsing data like this is.
You will have to keep it turned off for it to make a difference.
While turned on your movements at all times are recorded by your provider simply by recording which phone towers you are connected to at what times.
Good presentation i've been looking for something that says just that. Very worrying indeed
UA-cam and Google is doing this storage about you all the time whenever you log-in or forgot about your cookies deletion everytime you exit.
I don't think I want a cell phone anymore....
Actually, I agree with you.
That is exactly why I said "it's important that we know what kind of information our cell phone companies collect about us".
Come to think of it, I do have one or two things I wouldn't want the "big brother" to know about me...
Awww, I give him a lot of credit for speaking in front of such a huge viewership as a TED audience with not only language barriers but a very pronounced stutter/stammer. In terms of his topic, these companies need to store this information in case it becomes necessary for police agencies to examine in order to solve certain crimes. This isn't a violation of anyone's privacy rights. If you don't want them having this information, don't use their products. Using a cellular phone isn't mandatory.
Great presentation.Thanks for this.
Damn right, I'm stutterer and I recognize the he is too. It takes balls to get up in front of people like that when you do.
Actually much of the data this phone company collected on him would have not been effected by encryption at all. Much of the most powerful and damning data collected was as simple as which cellphone tower his phone was connected to at the time - this is the data used to gain his (approximate) location. It's the data that map was displaying, as he shifted from tower to tower as he travelled around during the day.
I know a girl who took a photo with her phone. She said we should post the photo online for all to see. I said first look at this, then proceeded to show her the GPS data attached to the photo and a picture of her house. She decided against posting the photo online.
He wasn't revealing anything new, but it was certainly a salutory reminder of the sheer volume of information being stored. The possibility for abuse is immense, surely those with the most to hide are already smart enough to use non-contract phones, but the idea that every second of our lives is being tracked is a truly unwanted intrusion. I'm sure that the benefits don't outweight the disadvantages, and pedophiles and terrorists have become an alarmist call to justify any intrusion to our lives
Did this guy overcome a stutter at some point in his life? The way he attacks consonants.... If he did I'm impressed.
Curiously all hard drives that this stuff is stored on have their primary components coming from just a couple of locations. Singapore being one of them. Technology is very vulnerable.
Thank You Malte Spitz...
WATCH THE VIDEO.
He didn't say government. The government is not your enemy.
He said PHONE COMPANY.
CORPORATION. PRIVATE ENTITY. THEY ARE THE ENEMIES OF THE PEOPLE.
People like you restore my faith in humanity :-) thank you!
i wish it was longer
Data retention has been repelled successfully here on more than one occasion.
His speech is more intelligible than the typical Scot. I have Scottish friends and know:) His message is crystal clear.
I'm German. I gave this video thumbs up. You seem to have a rather limited imagination. In more than one respect.
Good movie on this topic is "The Last Enemy". Was on PBS in the US and originally on the BBC in the UK. An excerpt is at watch?v=ae5C590Mq8c . From wiki: "features the introduction of "TIA" (Total Information Awareness), a centralised database that can be used to track and monitor anybody effectively by putting all available government information in one place. "
Yes. My parents are coming to Australia to join my graduation ceremony and someone from Chinese immigration office called my father asked him about something about his work before 20 years ... Asked him about why he quit his job from a governmental office because that's actually a very appropriate job. They could tell you exactly when they quit the job, what position he was doing and basically they know everything about him. EVERYTHING. O.M.G
I actually watched this from my phone. And now I am thinking of trying to see if I can request for the information that my carrier has about me.
The individual's freedoms are quietly and slowly slipping away. As technology progresses, this stored info will only become more invasive and more detailed. The hope is that the same technological progress will give the individual a chance to be protected from this kind of control.
Data Protection Act! You can't give out any information without a warrant. And if they did I would sue them and make so much money. They can't access or give out this information to anyone without breaking the law.
In Australia companies legally must provide you with all of the data they have on you, if you ask for it. No warrant needed for that, and it's actually breaking the law if they don't comply. They do often resist though.
I imagine it's the same in Germany, thus how this guy was able to get his own data via a lawsuit.
It may be the same everywhere.
Funny how this is the only ted talks improperly loading... not a coincidence!
He makes it sound as if the cellphone companies are planning a massive takeover. Granted, it is a bit unnerving that they collect all that information about a person, but as long as access that info is not abused, then I don't see what the big deal is.
The big deal is that anyone with the right tools (and power) can get to. Maybe the phone company is just backing up the data, but there are devious souls and organizations out here who know how to use this info for control, for anarchy, and for whatever they wish. People who had your same attitude and did not see the harm in giving out their contact info for prizes, etc., now know the absolute pain of being victims of ID theft. Just because you can't see it, doesn't mean it doesn't exist.
"xD" sums you up very well.
as a normal person i can say that the data is important for intel agency... even for company, they can track where you go and how frequent you made a trip, and someday voila, here come a text massage come offering a travel membership advertisement... thats just an example tough...
you are a prime example of the American education system at its finest work.
Fantástico e assustador ao mesmo tempo. Uma frase que ele falou ficou gravado na minha memória: "A privacidade é um valor do século XXI, e não está fora de moda".
Okay, take your PC, probably about a terabyte .. do a search for anything you don't want others to see/know ,,, it will have results in around 2 minutes.
It is extreeemely simple to parse this data for any patterns they might find interesting .
I was going to give an example, but see 5:45
I think He just wanted us to know its there .
this is reality. it is happening.
It's a completely different power structure when the data is available to everyone.
But when it's only available to the power elite (ie: police, politicians, corporations), that's when you get problems.
I sometimes wonder what things would be like if security cameras were all public access instead of CCTV. Coz who watches the watchers?
Actually they do record all the conversations, at least in some countries
East German Stasi would be envious of what the phone company stores about us.
Well said
Well done
great talk, interesting topic thanks
for what purpose is this data being collected? if it were there for something like police investigation i would be ok with it (anyways its being deleted after 6 months) but it is being collected by someone like the government to be kept for an unlimited time that would be quite disturbing. I think this needs to be investigated further before real judgement should be made.
Yes, they do. My gouvernment does not collect connection data. My phone company does. And you ask me how this relates to phone companies? It's about collecting massive amounts of data and storing it for a long time without any need. I do not want this data to fall into the wrong hands. That's what it is about. I thought that this analogy was pretty obvious. Hence it might be you who is not getting the point (and who in fact has not made one, either). Or are you just trolling?
Where do you live? Who do you fraternize with? Your family; what are their names?
If you have nothing to hide, you should have no qualms giving this info to people you've never met, like myself.
This guys on point a lot of people operate on "Out of sight out of mind" people need to think for themselves and be cautious with what you taken in. There are buildings being built that will house super computers to sift through your data now in America. Them Smart Phones are in fact providing intel on your lives/your patterns/choices you make/where you stay/who you know. This technology is awesome if used for good, but imagine not being able to get a job or health insurance because of ur data
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In the 1920s and 1930s, people in Norway, who wanted to buy a radio had to register their personal data, including their religion. It was just part of the procedure: you had to register, because you had to pay a fee for the programme. Nothing wrong with this. Nothing wrong with filling in your religion into this form, either. Until April 1940, when the Germans invaded. They simply had to get their hands on this data, and what was just a from for getting a licence was now a deadly threat.
somehow translate it then you could watch it in video format
Google does this everyday by making sense of literally billions of web pages.
You still don't get the point. How can anyone control anything having only this kind of data? (Just as he assumed in the talk)
I'm putting a piece of electrical tape on the camera on my phone. Just in case.
please don't judge me but the speach of this guy is funny! I don't say he's a bad person but his dialect is very funny! This is a very good talk though! This guy is amazing despite his english speech!
If you think this storage is done for anything good for the people you are very wrong. The companies gain nothing in helping us or keeping our info private.
An emotional presentation!
So, leave your phone at home when you go protest.
One of the best talks in a while, Thanks TED.
Additionally, within the Smart Meters governments make "mandatory" is a Home Area Network that monitors, and can control, your household appliances.
Your new "Easyfridge" will have facial recognition so its “easier for you” to re-order your groceries, but who knows who might be watching.
And this doesn't just mean no more quickies on the kitchen bench folks !!
Thank you! Well said.
Actually They do track you using your credits card and what you search on the internet.
No, this is my answer to your 'I cannot imagine anyone but americans giving thumbs up for this video'. My answer to your 'how do you imagine...' question is: you don't have to wade through terabytes of data, since you don't have to read through an entire library for finding one book. you just have to look for the data in the right place. in the case of mr. spitz, it was about 35.000 lines of stuff. one (unicode) character has 2 bytes, one line appr. 80 chars ~ 5.6 MB.
Wow, it sounds so scary!
Seriously Thankyou!
Yes - automated conversation transcription has been going on for years. It's sickening.
"Tell your representative" < Are you joking? Hey, I sympathize, but absolute surveillance is both the plan and the future.
well its either a tick or I notice that he is trying to not make is "W"s sound like "V"s
a must see
I didnt know about that stupid directive, no one told be about it!!!!
Can you choose not to be part of it? Governemnt is not free will. Which phone company you choose, on the other hand, is.
Good talk, though.
speech impediment = standing ovation
The U.S. has its own versions of the same bill
Great vid thankyou :)
is this thing happening in malaysia??
Eye Opener!
There in lies a truth of the matter.
Too bad pay phones phased out.
excellent video!
if you're playing poker and you show the other player all your cards are you really going to stand a chance