The Death of Privacy in the 21st Century

DMBI - Assignment 1
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The book poses a disturbing question

Privacy--the most basic of our civil rights--is in grave peril

George Orwells time

In 1984, imagined a future in which privacy was demolished by a totalitarian state Use of Orwell's "Big Brother" language to discuss privacy issues

Database Nationis Simson Garfinkels compelling account of how invasive technologies will affect our
lives in the coming years.

Technology advances -> Privacy

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Tracking of our purchases Surveillance cameras Mobile phones to report our location Government eavesdroppers Misused medical records Linked databases

World where computers are assumed to be correct, and people wrong

The Fallibility of Biometrics

Infallible techniques : Fingerprints, iris scans, and genetic sequences Markings from their own body Conceal their identity from the federal government? Conceal identity from the local drug store? A need to create "false" identities?

The Systematic Capture of Everyday Events Everything we do is routinely recorded How to treat it fairly and justly? Fear that information might be needed at some point in the future Unprecedented amount of data surveillance

Intelligent Computing

threat to privacy will be intelligent computers will ultimately change of the rules on which our society is built 1/4/13

The Commodification of Personal Information Valuable property right the property right is being seized by big business

New computers lacked some very important qualities

Flexibility, compassion, and Understanding The Bugging of the Outside World

Genetic Autonomy

Ultimate threat - bugging of bedroom and offices Monitoring of public places expect privacy in public Microphones, video cameras and other remote sensing devices are taking our privacy away The Misuse of Medical Records

Predict human traits Can people be treated fairly and equally? How can our own genetic makeup be kept secret How can genetic information remain confidential?

Runaway Marketing

Mtightly-held personal records Patient confidentiality Information is expensive and inefficient Core assumptions--pooled risk and shared costs 1/4/13

What come under it? Indistinguishable from other Noncommercial communications right to free speech and the right to be free from intrusion? Will we ever be able to regulate marketers' attempts ?

Humans often are absent from digital decision-making

The Individual as Terrorist

lethal technologies are now widely available How can society reasonably protect itself from random acts of terrorism How can society protect itself from systematic abuses by law enforcement officials Intelligent Computing

Micromanagement of Intellectual Property misuse of their own intellectual property Piracy is hard to prevent Patient confidentiality everyone gets their fair share and a fair shake?

threat to privacy will be intelligent computers will ultimately change of the rules on which our society is built

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Facebook privacy settlement

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