_Part 5 of the_ TED Radio Hour _episode_ The End Of Privacy. ABOUT ALESSANDRO ACQUISTI'S TED TALK Behavioral economist Alessandro Acquisti studies how everyday decisions contribute to

blurring the line between our public and private lives. ABOUT ALESSANDRO ACQUISTI Behavioral economist Alessandro Acquisti examines the paradox of privacy in an age when people freely

disclose public information. He is a professor of information technology and public policy at Carnegie Mellon University. His team's studies on facial recognition software showed that

it can connect an anonymous human face to an online name, and a Facebook account in about 3 seconds. Other work shows how easy it can be to find a U.S. citizen's Social Security number