Tag: privacy
Some of you may remember a time when national security was a question of police officers protecting individuals from crime on the street, or the Army’s defence against international threats. Today, that picture looks very different. If anything, it is more volatile, uncertain and complex than it was in the past because it is now…
Read MoreWhen it comes to crossing the US border, we used to worry about the simple things—too many souvenirs to avoid paying import duties, lines short enough to get to a bathroom in a reasonable timeframe, maybe concerns about which fruits and vegetables could be kept from the last grocery run. Today, we’ve got one more…
Read MoreAs it’s been said, we’re trying to have a civilization here. So, what is the foundation of a society? Is it the economy? Personal relationships? Employment? Institutions like a legal system or a free press? I would argue that the cornerstone underlying all of those is trust—and trust’s corollary, reputation. Because nothing really works without…
Read MoreDo Gen Z-ers (individuals age 8 to 22) think and behave differently towards technology than previous generations? Specifically, are their attitudes and digital habits around privacy and security different from Millennials (age 23 to 35), who grew up with less technology? What about compared to Gen X-ers (age 36 to 55)? When F5 Labs was…
Read MoreImagine not being able to escape online surveillance. The Internet of Things (IoT) is composed of technology that optimize our lives and is deployed in the thousands. However, the convenience these devices add to our lives comes at a cost—privacy. In 2019, China had more than 960 million IoT devices, many of them surveillance cameras, making…
Read MoreWhen Jean-Jacques Rousseau wrote The Social Contract in 1762, he argued that only humans possess sovereign power, and that they alone may choose which freedoms they surrender in exchange for the benefits and stability of government. Now, for the first time in more than a century, we are debating amending or rebalancing aspects of the…
Read MoreThe Power of Data Massive amounts of new data are generated every day. In 2017, IBM calculated that 90% of all the world’s data had been created within the past two years. Data shapes our knowledge, decisions, and everyday life; data has power. Thanks to the fact that technology devices are getting smaller and smaller,…
Read MoreManaging privacy online is a constant balancing act. On the one hand, we need to provide a certain amount of our personal information to authenticate ourselves. In select environments, we also want to provide some additional information to our friends, family, and peers. On the other hand, we want to withhold that information from those…
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