The ability, especially of corporations or governments, to collect data that should not be publicly available.
Data Privacy (54)
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- BBC News
- 2019
A Google affiliated urban development project in Toronto has raised concerns about the data privacy of its citizens. Specifically, the collection of large amounts of data within this “smart city” and the potential private direction of public services like transportation cause citizen pushback.
- BBC News
- 2019
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- BBC News
- 2019
The Google city that has angered Toronto
A Google affiliated urban development project in Toronto has raised concerns about the data privacy of its citizens. Specifically, the collection of large amounts of data within this “smart city” and the potential private direction of public services like transportation cause citizen pushback.
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Can data be used as any sort of definitive solution to urban planning? What voices or considerations seem to be left out of the smart city vision? To whom do cities belong, and to whom should they belong?
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- 5 min
- The Atlantic
- 2019
U.S. Customs and Border Protection announces that hackers have stolen license-plate images and traveler’s ID photos from a subcontractor, which provides deeper insight to the dangers of big data held by government.
- The Atlantic
- 2019
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- The Atlantic
- 2019
This is Exactly What Privacy Experts Said Would Happen
U.S. Customs and Border Protection announces that hackers have stolen license-plate images and traveler’s ID photos from a subcontractor, which provides deeper insight to the dangers of big data held by government.
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Should we hold the government accountable for leaks in data protection? How should the affected individuals be compensated? Does the possibility of catching those accused of a certain crime or overstaying a visa justify the breach of privacy and surveillance of unsuspecting and unsuspicious people?
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- 20 min
- Cory Doctorow
- 2014
Short Story outlining the breakdown of economic systems and the invasion of privacy when a private company becomes an arm of the state.
- Cory Doctorow
- 2014
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- 20 min
- Cory Doctorow
- 2014
Scroogled
Short Story outlining the breakdown of economic systems and the invasion of privacy when a private company becomes an arm of the state.
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How realistic does this story seem to you? Who gains the most power from digital information? What incentives do corporations have to protect user privacy? What incentives do users have to protect their own privacy?
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- 2 min
- Kinolab
- 2014
Nathan, the creator of the advanced humanoid robot Ava, explains to his employee Caleb that big data collected through smartphone cameras and microphones aided his attempts to make Ava’s features more human.
- Kinolab
- 2014
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- Kinolab
- 2014
Big Data and its Reflection of Humanity
Nathan, the creator of the advanced humanoid robot Ava, explains to his employee Caleb that big data collected through smartphone cameras and microphones aided his attempts to make Ava’s features more human.
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How can our digital consumer and search data be mined by tech companies for research? Does such a wide data net capture everything necessary about humanity? How does Google search mirror the human seeking of knowledge in digital form?
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Ex Machina: Ava's Brain-
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- Kinolab
- 2018
Wade Watts lives in an imagined future in which the OASIS, a limitless virtual reality world, acts as a constant distraction from the real world for the majority of citizens. In this scene, his virtual avatar Parzival visits the Halliday Journals, a complete archive of the memories of James Halliday, the creator of the OASIS. These memories are digitized in their complete abstract form, and seem freely accessible to anyone.
- Kinolab
- 2018
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- Kinolab
- 2018
The Digitization of Memory and its Consequences
Wade Watts lives in an imagined future in which the OASIS, a limitless virtual reality world, acts as a constant distraction from the real world for the majority of citizens. In this scene, his virtual avatar Parzival visits the Halliday Journals, a complete archive of the memories of James Halliday, the creator of the OASIS. These memories are digitized in their complete abstract form, and seem freely accessible to anyone.
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How can tech like the “cloud” be used for the storage of abstract data like consciousness and memories? What would be potential impact on human memory if memories were easily able to become fully digital? What are the dangers of intimate memories being potentially accessible to anyone in the digital world?
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- 7 min
- WRTV Indianapolis
- 2022
This news segment talks about cyberattacks that target high schools. The segment goes over why schools are a target, how school districts in Indiana have been attacked, and what students and parents can do to prevent attacks happening at their school.
- WRTV Indianapolis
- 2022
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- WRTV Indianapolis
- 2022
Growing number of Indiana school districts victims of cyberattacks
This news segment talks about cyberattacks that target high schools. The segment goes over why schools are a target, how school districts in Indiana have been attacked, and what students and parents can do to prevent attacks happening at their school.
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How does the money allocated to protecting against cyberattacks influence which school districts are targeted by these attacks? What kinds of information would be sensitive in school systems (elementary, secondary, post-secondary)? What risks do cyberattacks that specifically target schools cause and who could be harmed?