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Tuesday, March 08, 2005  


On the Identity Trail

On the Identity Trail: Understanding the Importance and Impact of Anonymity and Authentication in a Networked Society
http://www.anonequity.org/en3/index-research.html

When Warren and Brandeis published their landmark Harvard Law Review article in 1890, they talked about privacy as "the right to be let alone." At that time, they were responding to the arrival of the camera in society. They could not have imagined what that camera could do in the networked world that we live in today. Although George Orwell was remarkable in his predictions of technology in the dystopian world of 1984, even he would be surprised by the power of today's information technology. These writers had a firm grip on what they thought humankind required in order to maintain a decent, fair and democratic society. Yet today, the pace of technological change may have accelerated to the point where we are no longer able to focus on the space that we need to preserve for humans to live in dignity and freedom. In the age of ubiquitous computing, have we lost sight of the right to be let alone? Over the next four years, a multidisciplinary team of researchers led by University of Ottawa law professor Ian Kerr and funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) Initiatives on the New Economy (INE) Program will focus on this and other questions relating to the preservation of anonymity and privacy in an information economy. This has been added to Privacy Resources Subject Tracerâ„¢ Information Blog.

posted by Marcus Zillman | 4:25 AM
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