Privacy: use it or lose it. Likely to be important both for market design and for civil rights...
I haven't yet read this special issue of Science on privacy, but it looks like fun.
I haven't yet read this special issue of Science on privacy, but it looks like fun.
The End of Privacy
- From big data to ubiquitous Internet connections, technology empowers researchers and the public—but makes traditional notions of privacy obsolete
News
- Attack suggests need for new data safeguards.
- Facial recognition software could soon ID you in any photo.
- "Voiceprints" offer convenience and security, but they may pose privacy issues.
- After the Snowden revelations, U.S. mathematicians are questioning their long-standing ties with the secretive National Security Agency.
- Unmanned aircraft may soon be everywhere; how they will affect privacy is still unclear.
- When new or dangerous infectious diseases strike, public health often trumps personal privacy.
- Medical devices connected to the Internet are vulnerable to sabotage or data theft.
- Software lets you use location-based apps without revealing where you are.
- Scientists can no longer guarantee patients' privacy. They're looking for new ways to build trust.
- A browser extension masks your true interests with customized decoy questions.
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