Privacy enhancing technologies

at a time, this is more commonly referred to as half-duplex mode. RFID is a technology that can be used to read and write contactlessly from a reader to a RFID tag. NFC specification are compatible with RFID, as these specifications fall under the same umbrella, therefore NFC readers can communicate with RFID tags. Newer bank cards contain a RFID tag in order to perform contactless transactions. The potential for privacy issues could also be a concern, one such issue that arises is that people…

Marcus Newell Beech-Nut Case Study Professor Finnerty 13 October 2015 Beech Nut Discussion Questions 1. In my opinion, LiCari did not overreact. I believe this because it is a felony to falsely label a product, which Beech Nut did with advertise on their products. This product was given to babies, it was second leading provider of baby products, which means mothers trusted this product for their small children. When I have my own children I want nothing but the best for them and Beech Nut…

appeared in his own book published in 2000, Everyday Surveillance: Vigilance and Visibility in Postmodern Life. In this article, Staples aims to convince his teenage audience that the present world is exposed to constant surveillance, letting our privacy fade out completely. Personal anecdotes, contrast, and metaphors are techniques Staples skillfully uses to create a strong, convincing article. Through his strong use of evidence, Staples is able to persuade the young audience by making them…

Imagine that when our thumbs hit a letter on our phone, consequently an innocent bystander becomes injured or killed by an irresponsible driver. This is what the Road Safety Association of Indonesia presents with their image named “Car”. This image is on an ad website that states it was by illustrator Faddy Ravydera and published on October 2014. Within the image, the message given is “Stop Killing While Driving” which replaces the usual phrase “Stop Texting While Driving.” The depiction…

Mapping, and Sharing the Consumer Genome What if there was a way to know everything possible about a total stranger one never met before. Are people privacy now at risk, who can be trusted, or even more important, is this true. In the article “Mapping, and Sharing the Consumer Genome”, author Natasha Singer answers the questions and tells who and why someone would want to know so much about people in a few negative and strong tones. Author Singer’s meaningful purpose to make people aware was…

Security in Tandem In preparing this paper, I struggled with how to approach the topic of privacy and security, both as singular issues and as to how one relates to the other. There are many strong arguments that privacy is being traded off for the sake of security. However, rather than looking at it as being “traded off”, we must instead look at the necessity of such measures in this changing world of technology. As a country and society, we must change with the times. Supporting the belief…

Cameras are increasingly deployed for surveillance, spying, or targeting” (Houtryve 449). In today’s society the government invades the privacy of citizens every day. From surveillance cameras, to hacking into our personal life, and now through different types of drones. In like manner, Tomas Van Houtryve is a photojournalist and writer whose artistic pieces documents the cultures and natural geography of places all over the world. Van Houtryve’s “From the Eyes of a Drone was first published in…

Why should you care if your being tracked? If we track you, we would be able to send you free coupons in return. who does not want free coupons? The authors says, “[even] if these methods seems intrusive, at least some costumers seem happy to trade privacy for deals”(Clifford, Hardy 112). He does not want an…

This information provides evidence, to an extent, that the school district knew what they were doing was wrong. The actions of the school district show a trend in American society, which extends up to the federal government, of violating individual privacy for some sort of protection. While protection may not have been the reason that the school district gave for spying on students, the actions are similar to those of Baltimore when using the eye in the sky and by the Untied States federal…

The innovation of the RFID chip or the Radio Frequency Identification has been a critical piece of technology that has been around since the 1950’s.. There are several methods of identification, but the most common is to store a serial number that identifies a person or object, and perhaps other information, on a microchip known as identity chip. A microchip implant could be used as a virtual barricade, to limit movement, and even to act as a tag for prisoners. In the realm of medicine, it could…