By — William Brangham William Brangham By — Madison Staten Madison Staten By — Solveig Rennan Sandbulte Solveig Rennan Sandbulte By — Satvi Sunkara Satvi Sunkara By — Alexa Gold Alexa Gold By — Zoie Lambert Zoie Lambert By — Juliet Fuisz Juliet Fuisz Leave your feedback Share Copy URL https://www.pbs.org/newshour/video/horizons/2026/09/how-much-privacy-is-left-in-an-age-of-surveillance Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Tumblr Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Story We are all being watched in ways we never imagined, including vehicle tracking, facial recognition technology and data mining. What does all this digital surveillance mean for the right to privacy? And as a backlash over this monitoring grows, what can you do to protect yourself? Horizons moderator William Brangham explores the ethics of surveillance Byron Tau and Calli Schroeder. By — William Brangham William Brangham William Brangham is an award-winning correspondent, producer, and substitute anchor for the PBS News Hour. He also serves as the host of Horizons from PBS News. @WmBrangham By — Madison Staten Madison Staten By — Solveig Rennan Sandbulte Solveig Rennan Sandbulte Solveig Rennan Sandbulte is a producer of national affairs for PBS News Hour and Horizons. By — Satvi Sunkara Satvi Sunkara Satvi Sunkara is a producer for PBS News. By — Alexa Gold Alexa Gold Alexa Gold is a producer for PBS News. By — Zoie Lambert Zoie Lambert Zoie Lambert is an associate producer for PBS News. By — Juliet Fuisz Juliet Fuisz