Associated Press has this interesting report on an art exhibit meant to provoke thought: Image after image splashes on the wall of the art exhibit — a snapshot of young people laughing and drinking, a picture of an elephant, an exposed belly of a woman barely covering her breasts with one arm. The photos were…
Category: Misc
Quote of the Day
If you care about privacy, and you’re not worried about security, then you’re like a baby turtle, just hatched, hurtling your way to the sea, oblivious to the seagull that’s about to extinguish your young life. — Peter Fleischer
Does privacy protect “the right to fail”? — and, the vexing problem of privacy harms.
Babak Siavoshy writes: The most vexing failure of privacy scholarship, in my opinion, is that “privacy advocates” have failed to articulate in simple terms (to the public or any other audience) the value of privacy and the harm from undermining it. I’m not suggesting I can solve this problem, but I have some thoughts about…
Letting Down Our Guard With Web Privacy
Somini Sengupta has a great piece on Alessandro Acquisti’s research on the behavioral economics of privacy in the New York Times. If you’re not familiar with Alessandro’s research, this is a great opportunity to get an overview of his major findings and its significance as we consider policy and regulations.