Digital privacy and the future

Plan:

 

Part 1:

Divide into discussion groups

I’ll present a few comments on digital privacy

Group discussion

Groups will report on their conclusions

 

Part 2:

“The Lab” interactive video

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Let’s divide into discussion groups

 

Privacy in a digital world

Crimes increasingly solved using:

. . . . .security cam records

. . . . . . . often multiple cams

. . . . . . . story of a student in my ethics class

. . . . . . . . . . ended up catching his own friend

. . . . . any anecdotes from this group?

 

Lexis-Nexis is a database

. . . . It tells all the

. . . . . . . .places you have lived

. . . . . . . .people who ever lived at an address

. . . . Think about what that can reveal abou

. . . . . . . .a person

. . . . . . . .their network

 

Nanny cams

. . . . spy on your nanny

. . . . . .  …kids, pets, etc.

 

NSA surveillance

. . . . Edward Snowden

. . . . . . .what did he reveal about the NSA?

 

China hacks, downloads Gb if not Tb

. . . . . US gov’t recently indicted

. . . . . . . . . specific mid-level individuals in the Chinese military

. . . . . Everyone is tracking everyone else

 

Body cameras

. . . . . Google Glass

. . . . . Police shooting in Little Rock

. . . . . . . .key evidence is the police body cam

 

Ever read Orwell’s book 1984?

 

Discussion questions

. . .Is this generally good or bad? (ethical dimension)

. . .Where will it lead?