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Christopher Soghoian

Senior Technologist & Senior Advisor for Privacy and Cybersecurity for the Office of Senator Ron Wyden

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Christopher Soghoian Biography

Dubbed the "Ralph Nader of the Internet" by Wired and one of Politico's top "thinkers, doers and visionaries transforming American politics," Christopher Soghoian is "the most prominent of a new breed of activist technology researchers" (The Economist), "who have risen to prominence by showing how tedious technical flaws can affect ordinary people."

Soghoian is the Senior Technologist and Senior Advisor for Privacy & Cybersecurity in the office of Senator Ron Wyden. He was previously a TechCongress Innovation Fellow. Between 2012 and 2016, Soghoian was the Principal Technologist with the Speech, Privacy, and Technology Project at the American Civil Liberties Union. Before that, he was a technologist in the U.S. Federal Trade Commission's Division on Privacy and Identity Protection. He is a TED Senior Fellow.

Through his research and advocacy, Soghoian has exposed the US government's use of StingRay cell phone surveillance technology, the FBI's impersonation of journalists, and the FBI's use of malware. Soghoian has testified before the European Parliament, the German Parliament, and state legislatures in Texas, Washington and Michigan. Soghoian's research has been cited by several Federal and state courts, including by the D.C., 7th, 9th, and 10th Circuit Courts of Appeal, the Maryland Court of Special Appeals, and the State Supreme Courts of New Jersey and Massachusetts.

Soghoian completed his Ph.D. at Indiana University in 2012, which focused on the role that Internet and telephone companies play in enabling government surveillance of their customers.

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Speaker profile last updated by AAE Talent Team on 05/21/2024.

Christopher Soghoian Speaking Topics

  • The Global Trade in Cyber Weapons

    Over the past two years, the public has started to learn about the shadowy trade in software security exploits. Rather than disclosing these flaws to software vendors like Google and Microsoft who will then fix them, security researchers can now sell them for six figures to governments who then use them for interception, espionage, and cyber war. These flaws are only useful for their intended purpose if software vendors remain in the dark about them, and if fixes never reach the general public. As such, the very existence of government stockpiles of software security flaws, whether for law enforcement, espionage, or military operations means that government agencies are exposing consumers, businesses, and other government agencies to exploitable security flaws which could otherwise be fixed.

    What should be done, if anything, about this part of the security industry? Are researchers who sell exploits simply engaging in legitimate free speech that should be protected? Or, are they engaging in the sale of digital arms in a global market that should be regulated?

  • The FBI Is Controlling Your Webcam: Examining the Use of Hacking by Law Enforcement Agencies

    By now, it is no secret that the U.S. government is in the hacking business. However, these capabilities are not limited to nation state attacks against Iran and China. They extend to law enforcement, too. The FBI now has a unit solely focused on hacking into the computers and mobile phones of surveillance targets. The software used by this unit can surreptitiously enable a computer's webcam; collect real-time location data; and copy emails, web browsing records, and other documents. And although the FBI has been an early adopter of this kind of surveillance technology, other law enforcement agencies are not far behind. Soon, local police will also have software capable of allowing them to hack into the phones and computers of suspected criminals.

    While politicians are clearly scared about hacks from China, our own law enforcement agencies are also in the hacking business too. What does this mean for the current, heated debate about cybersecurity and our ability to communicate securely?

  • Can You Hear Me Now? Law Enforcement Surveillance of Internet and Mobile Communications

    Internet and telephone companies now play an essential role in enabling modern surveillance by law enforcement agencies. The police merely select the individuals to be monitored, while the actual surveillance is performed by third parties: often the same email providers, search engines, and telephone companies to whom consumers have entrusted their private data.

    Although assisting Big Brother has become a routine part of business, the true scale of law enforcement surveillance has long been shielded from the general public, Congress, and the courts. However, recent disclosures by wireless communications carriers reveal that the companies now receive approximately one and a half million requests from U.S. law enforcement agencies per year. When automated, industrial-scale surveillance is increasingly the norm, is communications privacy a thing of the past? For those of us who would like to keep our private information out of government databases, what options exist, and which tools and services are the best?

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Christopher Soghoian is a keynote speaker and industry expert who speaks on a wide range of topics such as The Global Trade in Cyber Weapons, The FBI Is Controlling Your Webcam: Examining the Use of Hacking by Law Enforcement Agencies and Can You Hear Me Now? Law Enforcement Surveillance of Internet and Mobile Communications. The estimated speaking fee range to book Christopher Soghoian for your event is available upon request. Christopher Soghoian generally travels from Washington, DC, USA and can be booked for (private) corporate events, personal appearances, keynote speeches, or other performances. Similar motivational celebrity speakers are Mikko Hypponen, Peter van Manen, Bernard Marr, Adam Mosseri and Denise Zheng. Contact All American Speakers for ratings, reviews, videos and information on scheduling Christopher Soghoian for an upcoming live or virtual event.

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