Internet Privacy

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• Internet Privacy and
• Other Security Issues

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What Is Privacy?

• Freedom from observation, intrusion, or attention
  of others
• Societys needs sometimes trump individual
  privacy
• Privacy rights are not absolute
• Balance needed
• Individual rights
• Societys need
• Privacy and due process

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Privacy and the Law

• No constitutional right to privacy
• The word privacy is not in the Constitution
• Congress has passed numerous laws
• Not particularly effective
• Issue is pace of change
• Privacy is a function of culture
• Privacy means different things in different
  countries and regions
• Serious problem on global Internet

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Figure 10.1 Some U.S. privacy laws.
   
 
 
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Collecting Personal Information (e.g.,
your email address gt email spam)

• Notice/awareness
• You must be told when and why
• Choice/consent
• Opt-in or opt-out
• Access/participation
• You can access and suggest corrections
• Integrity/security
• Collecting party is responsible
• Enforcement/redress
• You can seek legal remedies

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Collecting Personal Information

• Often voluntary
• Filling out a form
• Registering for a prize
• Supermarket Rewards cards
• Legal, involuntary sources
• Demographics
• Change of address
• Various directories
• Government records

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Surveillance and Monitoring

• Surveillance
• Continual observation
• Tampa facial scanning at Super Bowl
• Packet sniffing
• Monitoring
• The act of watching someone or something
• E-mail Web bugs
• Workplace monitoring is legal

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Surveillance and Monitoring Tools

• Spyware
• Sends collected data over back channel
• Snoopware
• Records targets online activities
• Retrieved later
• Screen shots, logs, keystrokes
• Other surveillance/monitoring sources
• OnStar and GPS tracking
• E-ZPass systems
• Phone calls and credit card purchases

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Spam

• Electronic junk mail
• Spammers use anonymous remailers
• Mailing list sources
• Online personal information services
• Dictionary attack software
• Do not respond in any way!

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Fraud

• The crime of obtaining money or some other
  benefit by deliberate deception.
• Most common forms of IT fraud
• Identity theft
• Credit card fraud
• Scammers and con artists
• Financial swindles

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Protecting Your Online Privacy

• Implement appropriate security measures
• Get a copy of your credit report
• Use
• Junk e-mail account
• Anonymous remailer
• Stealth surfing service
• Common sense
• Deal with recognized, trusted e-retailers
• Keep important numbers and passwords secret
• Use good passwords
• If your computer acts strangely, find out why