Changing concepts of privacy in the information age
chip bruce
(chip@uiuc.edu)
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Coauthors
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Barbara Duncan, Nick Burbules |
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Subject Areas
Unit Keywords
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newlit,EPS304,LIS450NL,LIS391, lis491, class |
Open Directory Category
Background and Resources
Background
Phil Agre, Information Studies at UCLA ( 36 min. )
Readings
Burbules, Nicholas C. Privacy, surveillance and classroom communication
Ludlow, Peter. Cryptography, privacy, and crypto-anarchism
Van Horn, Royal. Personal privacy
Marsha Woodbury, Chair, Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility ( powerpoint presentation and real audio discussion - 24 min.)
WEB SITES
Center for Democracy and Technology
CTER white papers
Spyware
Yenta ... provides privacy-protected, distributed, automatic generation of clusters of users who are interested in similar topics. ...These clusters then serve as the basis for introducing users to each other. Users can send messages to particular other users, or to everyone in the cluster. Privacy and Internet Communication site. Someone is watching you. You may know them; you may not. Every hour of the day websites, video cameras, databases, and even supermarkets monitor your actions. From tracking your buying patterns to monitoring your performance on the job; every move you make is subject to be recorded and analyzed. In today's online world, there are more ways than ever that your privacy can be violated. As we become more dependent on technology we are forced to reevaluate existing notions of privacy and security. It is this site's goal to inform the average user of where their privacy may be infringed upon in their every day on-line lives. Likewise we strive to inform users of ways to protect themselves and their private information from being misused.
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Dialogues, Discussions, and Presentations
Questions for discussion:
About you
Look at Net Detective. Were you aware that information like this was available for just $29.95?
Which aspects are justified for the age we live in? Which areas pose a threat to your privacy, if any? - accidental disclosure
- malicious intrusion
- corporations
- government
- other
What can be done about any of these?
[ Burbules article notes]
1. What examples of the panopticon have you seen? 2. How does the panopticon operate for university students? 3. Is resistance futile? 4. How can protecting privacy also prevent its expansion? (Think of the purposes of webcams; the CIPA) 5. How can one person's increase in privacy decrease another's? 6. What does it mean to say that privacy is not a sphere, but the outcome of a struggle? 7. What questions do you have?
Examine the Total Information Awareness site. For each of the statements below, consider whether you strongly disagree, disagree, agree, or strongly agree: - TIA is not possible
- TIA is needed for national security
- TIA is designed for domestic surveillance, not external terrorism
- TIA is a step toward the creation of Orwell's Big Brother
- TIA is an inevitable consequence of technology deveklopments
- TIA is a hoax
- TIA is an opportunity for funding
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