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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 • • • • 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 … • • • • • • 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
