Information Privacy and Security
“It’s impossible today to know where all of your personal information resides, much less control it. The amount of information known about an individual has exploded in the last fifty years of our information technology revolution. Once information has been digitized, it can be collected and stored without our knowledge or consent.”
—from Ethics and Software Development (IBM.com)
“The economic model of the commercial internet is mass surveillance.” — Maciej Cegłowski
In chapter 12, we look at the important concept of Fair Information Practices (FIPS).
Required Reading
- Ch. 12 Information Privacy and Security, UDW
- Ch. 17, Responsive Web Design, LWD5ed
- Behind the Banner: A 2-minute Data Visualization of the AdTech Ecosystem. The ad placement network is one of the most complex computational systems on the planet. Behind The Banner shows the complex interactions that define this ecosystem, and how they impact our daily use of the web.
- Six Opionions on Information Privacy (xkcd).
- Panopticlick (Electronic Frontier Foundation). Analyzes how well your browser protects you against online tracking.
- What is Cloud Computing? (AWS).
Optional Web Field Trips
- Privacy ≠ Secrecy
- Four Free Privacy Tools for your Browser (nyt)
- Protecting Your Digital Life in 7 Easy Steps (nyt). Worth a look.
- EFF Privacy Badger review
- Ad Blocker Roundup 2019
- Internet of Things (IoT) “Bricking Worm” Attacks. Change that default admin password on your smart door lock, bike lock, etc.
- UO Cyber Security Day. Conference sponsored by CIS department each spring.