Citizens Under Surveillance

What might a transcript of your Google searches from the past reveal about you? While ubiquitous surveillance is a relatively new phenomenon, we now carry tracking devices in our pockets, and corporations and the government unabashedly sweep up vast amounts of our personal information. In "Dragnet Nation," Pulitzer Prize–winning investigative journalist Julia Angwin details her failed attempt to keep her data private. At a time when privacy has become a luxury good, Angwin provides a sobering reflection on the extent – and potential implications – of this new normal.

This program is presented as part of the annual Karla Scherer Endowed Lecture Series for the University of Chicago.