Transcript Misc. Privacy Topics (concluding)

Misc. Privacy Topics
(concluding)
CS 340
Privacy concerns are not new
• Existed before computers
– Paper files, wire taps, phone taps, spies
• Technology has two major impacts on privacy
– New technologies
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Databases (data storage)
Imaging systems (new data)
Sensors, monitors (new data)
Web & the Internet (data access)
– Issues of scale
• Large data stores
• Small mistakes may have a large impact
Threats to your privacy
• Intentional treats (often institutional)
– Government – law enforcement, census, tax collection
– Private – marketing, sales
• Unauthorized use by “insiders”
– Individuals with access to information
• Theft of information
– Hackers, security breaches
• Leaking information
– Negligence, carelessness
• Your own actions
Privacy problems stemming from your
own actions:
• We continue to trade off privacy for
convenience:
– Cashless transactions
– Checking in / geotagging
– Cellular usage: calls/texts
– Automatic tolls (I-Pass)
• What other actions pose privacy issues?
If we looked, what could we learn from …
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The last 100 expenses on your credit/debit card
The last 100 checks that you wrote
The last 100 phone calls that you made
The last 100 text messages that you sent/received
The last 100 email messages that you sent/read
The cell phone towers that were utilized to complete your
last 100 phone calls (or text messages)
• The last 100 web sites that you visited
• The last 100 lab and blood tests your doctors ran
• The last 100 times you appeared on one of UA’s surveillance
cameras