W1199 Digital Privacy

Within these castle walls be forged Mavens of Computer Science ...

— Merlin, The Coder

Prerequisites

• (None)

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Introduction

• Read FBI, ICE find state driver’s license photos are a gold mine for facial-recognition searches
• Read Both Democrats and Republicans blast facial-recognition technology in a rare bipartisan moment
• Read Dems, Republicans slam ‘unregulated’ facial recognition technology: ‘Time for a time out’
• Read Axon Won't Link Police Body Cameras to Facial Recognition Technology
• View Facial recognition: The future of marketing, security and your privacy (ABC News)
• View Is Facial Recognition Technology an Invasion of Privacy (Sky News)
• View Why police use of facial recognition technology raises privacy fears (Financial Times)
• View A Face in the Crowd: Say goodbye to anonymity (CBS News)

Think

Exercises

• Carefully consider the following questions
  • How has technology impacted the privacy of citizens?
  • Should the government be limited in how it uses technology?
  • How should citizens alter their behavior, if at all, in the light of technology?

• Document your answers in an essay
  • Be sure to site all sources, including at least three not referenced on this page
  • The essay must be at least 1,000 words (and no more than 1,250 words)
  • The essay must be placed in your "Journals" directory on or before the due date