Each day through the use of emails, research, internet, and dating sites, personal information (Big Data, geolocation,) is being modified and introduced to third parties for consumption. According to Daniel J. Solove, the John Marshall Harlan Research Professor of Law at the George Washington University Law School, he states that in his article, one of the bloggers proclaimed: “Do I care if the FBI monitors my phone calls? I have nothing to hide. Neither does the 99.99 percent of the population. If the wire-tapping stops one of these September 11 incidents, thousands of lives are saved” (Solove 735). When people are asked about “government surveillance”, they quickly respond with, “That is okay, I have nothing to hide.” (Solove 734) Supporters
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Solove uses these metaphors to illustrate the differences between information collection and information processing. Solove’s writing about these two literary works, gives a definition, so that even if you have not read them, you are still able to understand his point because it affects the power relationships between people and the institutions of the modern state. They not only frustrate the individual by creating a sense of helplessness and powerlessness, they also affect social structure by altering the kind of relationships people have with the institutions that make important decisions about their …show more content…
Specific ethical issues concerning Big Data raised questions for the authors like, what is the status of “public” data on social media? Can they use the information without asking for permission? The problem with privacy is that there are too many holes in the “wall.” “Any data on human subjects inevitable arise privacy issues, and the real risks of abuse of such data are difficult to quantify” (Nature, cited in Berry, 2011). (qtd. in boyd and Crawford 758) If the information is there, people think it is okay to use it without realizing that their research might be unethical.
In paragraph 8, of the excerpt from Six Provocations for Big Data, boyd and Crawford quote Bruno Latour, who notes, “change the instruments, and you will change the entire social theory that goes with them.” Latour defines the “instruments” as the “Big Data.” If the information that is out there, is somewhat managed, than the amount of data will be minimized/manipulated and/or the privacy issues will be a little more
Solove uses these metaphors to illustrate the differences between information collection and information processing. Solove’s writing about these two literary works, gives a definition, so that even if you have not read them, you are still able to understand his point because it affects the power relationships between people and the institutions of the modern state. They not only frustrate the individual by creating a sense of helplessness and powerlessness, they also affect social structure by altering the kind of relationships people have with the institutions that make important decisions about their …show more content…
Specific ethical issues concerning Big Data raised questions for the authors like, what is the status of “public” data on social media? Can they use the information without asking for permission? The problem with privacy is that there are too many holes in the “wall.” “Any data on human subjects inevitable arise privacy issues, and the real risks of abuse of such data are difficult to quantify” (Nature, cited in Berry, 2011). (qtd. in boyd and Crawford 758) If the information is there, people think it is okay to use it without realizing that their research might be unethical.
In paragraph 8, of the excerpt from Six Provocations for Big Data, boyd and Crawford quote Bruno Latour, who notes, “change the instruments, and you will change the entire social theory that goes with them.” Latour defines the “instruments” as the “Big Data.” If the information that is out there, is somewhat managed, than the amount of data will be minimized/manipulated and/or the privacy issues will be a little more