Future Privacy

 

Our digital lives leave a trail, meticulously tracked by websites, apps, and devices. From browsing history and location data to online purchases and social media interactions, an intricate data tapestry is woven. This data, often collected without explicit consent, fuels targeted advertising, personalized experiences, and even algorithmic decision-making. While some find these conveniences beneficial, others raise concerns about manipulation, discrimination, and the erosion of control over personal information.

The future promises further advancements, blurring the lines between reality and the digital realm. Facial recognition, ubiquitous sensors, and interconnected devices raise concerns about constant surveillance. Imagine a world where your every move, expression, and even conversation are monitored, analyzed, and potentially used against you. The potential for misuse, from targeted propaganda to social control, is chilling.

When Technology Effects Privacy Examples

Internet sites that gather/share/sell personal information and internet activity.

Search engines that track searches and show related ads

Free email services that use artificial intelligence to scan emails and then show relevent ads.

GPS in many devices tracking your location.

Genetic profiling DNA testing to find out if you are prone to certain types of disease.

Nano-sized microphones, cameras, and sensors

Facial recognition cameras in retail stores to discover my shopping habits.

The relationship between technology and privacy is a complex and evolving one. It is our responsibility to be informed, engaged, and proactive in shaping a future where these powerful tools serve humanity, not exploit it.

If you are concerned about protecting your privacy, articles and web resources can be found below.

Here is a funny futureforall.org video about privacy.

Eye scan image by fracturedfotos on Flickr.

 

Flying Friends or Privacy Pests?

Robotic insects are jumping at the chance to assist humans in search and rescue. Robot insects could also be used for spying. Robotic insect spies

 

Brain Frees

Powerful lie detection tools may someday surpass the accuracy of the polygraph and permanently change how suspects are convicted -- and freed.

Lie Detection

Future Privacy Articles and Web Sites

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• Here’s how machine learning can violate your privacy from The Conversation

• I just watched a robot that protects your privacy and I'm mesmerized from ZDNet

• New privacy-preserving robotic cameras obscure images beyond human recognition from University of Sydney

• Privacy Is Just No Longer a Thing in Augmented Reality from IEEE Spectrum

• Brain-sensing tech is on the rise. But what about your right to mental privacy? from NPR

• Field Guide to Police Surveillance from EFF

• Artificial intelligence can find your location in photos, worrying privacy experts from NPR

• Every car is a smart car, and it's a privacy nightmare from Engadget

• AI can now find out passwords by listening to you type. But it isn't as scary as it sounds from BBC Science Focus

• Zoom is entangled in an AI privacy mess from ZDNet

• Sam Altman AI-enabled, iris-scanning orbs from Gizmodo

• You shed DNA everywhere you go – trace samples in the water, sand and air are enough to identify who you are, raising ethical questions about privacy from The Conversation

• Mind reading breakthrough immediately raises questions of ethics from Cosmos

• Tesla’s cameras are reportedly spying on customers, but it’s not just a Tesla problem from Vox

• The Phones Have Ears: Americans Fear Their Tech is Listening from PC Magazine

• Privacy concerns at the supermarket from ABC News

• Why AI surveillance at work leads to perverse outcomes from Psyche

• Kafka warned us: surveillance turns the watched into watchers from Psyche

• Amazon Will Pay You $2 a Month to Monitor Your Phone Traffic from Gizmodo

• Are You Ready for Workplace Brain Scanning? from IEEE Spectrum

• Who owns your face? Scholars at U of T's Schwartz Reisman Institute explore tech's thorniest questions from University of Toronto

• WiFi security flaw lets a drone track devices through walls from Engadget

• Alexa has seen me naked, and that’s okay from Digital Trends

• Surveillance is pervasive: Yes, you are being watched, even if no one is looking for you from The Conversation

• Google still doesn't understand what privacy means from Android Authority

• San Francisco Police Are Using Driverless Cars as Mobile Surveillance Cameras from Motherboard

• Your Smartphone's Selfie Cam Can See a Lot by Capturing Reflections in Your Pupils from Gizmodo

• Customer experience and data privacy need to go hand-in-hand from Venture Beat

• Watch your back – and your coffee mug. Innocent-seeming objects are tracking us everywhere from Coda

• Smart devices spy on you – 2 computer scientists explain how the Internet of Things can violate your privacy from The Conversation

• Meta’s latest plans show it’s still missing the point on privacy from Venture Beat

• The Conversation posted Government agencies are tapping a facial recognition company to prove you’re you – here’s why that raises concerns about privacy, accuracy and fairness

• Mozilla Is Going to Track Facebook Tracking You from Gizmodo

• A New Report on VPNs Shows They're Often a Mixed Bag for Privacy from Gizmodo

• Slate posted Creepiness Is the Wrong Way to Think About Privacy

• CBC posted As critics warn of genetic surveillance, RCMP explores use of DNA matching in criminal probes

• This new privacy-focused search engine wants to replace Google from The Kim Komando Show

• Some Echo speakers can now detect people from The Verge

• Privacy and the Internet of Things from ABC Radio Brisbane

• How privacy became a forgotten virtue from Big Think

• Facebook is researching AI systems that see, hear, and remember everything you do from The Verge

• Your DNA is already in a database video

• Apple’s plan to scan your phone raises the stakes on a key question: Can you trust Big Tech? from The Conversation

• Gizmodo posted A Single Laser Fired Through a Keyhole Can Expose Everything Inside a Room

• ZDNet posted You can use your home security system to prevent teens from sneaking out, but should you?

• Singapore Police to Deploy Snitch Bots That Search for 'Undesirable Social Behaviors' from Gizmodo

• Amazon’s Expansion Into Department Stores Is All About Surveillance from Gizmodo

• Gizmodo posted Advertisers Are Selling Americans' Data to Hundreds of Shady Businesses Abroad

• A smart microphone that doesn't listen to you University of Michigan Engineering video

• Amazon’s neighborhood wireless network Sidewalk launches Tuesday — here’s how to opt out from GeekWire

• Ars Technica posted Amazon devices will soon automatically share your Internet with neighbors

• The Guardian posted Privacy by design: Google to give people more power over their personal data

• Techdirt posted Smart TV Makers Will Soon Make More Money Off Your Viewing Habits Than The TV Itself

• Use Amazon? Make these 5 changes now to protect your privacy Komando.com

• Tech Xplore posted DuckDuckGo can now block the Google Chrome tracking method, FLoC

• Shhhh, they’re listening – inside the coming voice-profiling revolution from The Conversation

• Smart technology makes your life easier - but it's also spying on you from ABC4News

• The Guardian posted Your 'smart home' is watching – and possibly sharing your data with the police

• Facebook will train its AI by using public videos from CNET

• ZDNet posted That cute robot cop can instantly work out who you are

• Here's What Google Didn't Say In Its Promises About Our Privacy from Gizmodo

• EurekAlert posted Genetic testing: Employee perk or privacy hazard?

• Digital Trends posted an interesting article titled The digital switch that blocks all websites from selling your personal data

• An article from Vice on Facial Recognition at the Border Is Fueling Other Forms of Surveillance, Report Says

• Privacy is power - aeon.co

• Amazon's body-scanning, conversation-recording fitness band faces swift backlash for creep factor - salon.com

• Cloak your photos with this AI privacy tool to fool facial recognition - theverge.com

• Facial recognition invisibility cloak - umd.edu

• Mind-Reading Technology – How Private Companies Could Get Complete Access to Your Brain - dualdove.com

• Don’t Give Up on Your Digital Privacy Yet - slate.com

• Apple Glass could overlay future iPhone with AR display to enhance privacy - appleinsider.com

• The future of smart cities may mean the death of privacy - digitaltrends.com

• Some shirts hide you from cameras—but will anyone wear them? - arstechnica.com

• 3 reasons not to panic about artificial intelligence - weforum.org

• New surveillance AI can tell schools where students are and where they’ve been - vox.com

• This App Is a Dangerous Invasion of Your Privacy—and the FBI Uses It - popularmechanics.com

• This simple trick stops Google, Amazon and Facebook from listening to you all the time - usatoday.com

• Should you warn dinner guests about your digital personal assistant? - tvo.org

• Less-Invasive Cameras May Be the Future of Event Tracking - skift.com

• FBI Warns That Your New Smart TV Could Be Used to Spy on You - techcrunch.com

• Office Devices You Least Expect to Be at Risk of a Security Hack - rfidjournal.com

• The NSA has stopped collecting location data from US cellphones without a warrant - theverge.com

• Facebook is secretly using your phone's camera while you scroll the app - komando.com

• Google reveals ‘Project Nightingale’ after being accused of secretly gathering personal health records - theverge.com

• Mind-reading technology: The security, privacy and inequality threats we will face - zdnet.com

• Mental-health information 'sold to advertisers' - bbc.com

• Don’t just give away your privacy to the likes of Google and Facebook – protect it, or you disempower us all - aeon.co

• Art projects about privacy, computer vision, and surveillance

• Silicon Valley wants to read your mind – here’s why you should be worried - theconversation.com

• Invisibility cloaks and 3D masks: how to thwart the facial recognition cameras - theguardian.com

• Smart TVs are data-collecting machines, new study shows - theverge.com

• Why home DNA tests might not be as private as you think - weforum.org

• Pentagon testing mass surveillance balloons across the US - theguardian.com

• Think FaceApp's privacy policy is sketchy? We've got some news for you. - Mashable

• An engineer explains why you're an idiot to want privacy - ZDNet

• The Pentagon’s New Laser-Based Tool Uses Your Heartbeat to Track You - Singularity Hub

• Predicting the future of internet privacy - Tech Radar

• Why your laptop's always-listening microphone should be as easy to block as your webcam - PCWorld

• What Hong Kong's Protesters Can Teach Us About The Future Of Privacy - Gizmodo

• How Amazon automatically tracks and fires warehouse workers for ‘productivity’ - The Verge

• Facial recognition can speed you through airport security, but there's a cost - CNET

• The right to know, or not know, the data from medical research - Aeon

• Drones, DNA and data: please don't give the gift of privacy invasion - The Guardian

• Privacy is becoming obsolete, but not everyone thinks you should fear its demise - Digital Trends

• Orwell knew: we willingly buy the screens that are used against us - Aeon

• How Google’s location-tracking issue affects you - Engadget

• Orwell knew: we willingly buy the screens that are used against us - Aeon

• Alexa, what does the future hold? A dystopia where gadgets spy on us - The Guardian

• DNA facial prediction could make protecting your privacy more difficult - The Conversation

• Facebook knows literally everything about you - Tech Crunch

• Why have we given up our privacy to Facebook and other sites so willingly? - The Guardian

• 2018 And Beyond: The Future Of Online Privacy - Nerds Magazine

• Is casual surveillance the future of capitalism? - Pacific Standard

• Facebook Swears It Won't Use Its New Powerful Face Recognition to Suggest People You May Know - Gizmodo - 12/17

• Would you trade your privacy for a car? You might have that choice in the future - Digital Trends - 12/17

• If You Care About Digital Privacy, You Need to Know About This Supreme Court Case - Popular Mechanics - 11/17

• New Brain Technologies Could Lead to Terrifying Invasions of Privacy, Warn Scientists - Gizmodo - 11/17

• YouRobot: Neurotech may destroy your privacy and your rights - Cosmos - 11/17

• The Privacy of Telematics - TGDaily - 11/17

• The future of surveillance is hidden in airport ads - Engadget - 10/17

• All eyes on you: what is the future of public surveillance? - Tech Radar - 10/17

• There may be a privacy risk lurking beneath that shiny new iPhone, and it's written all over your face - CNBC - 10/17

• Will Privacy Survive the Future? - Singularity Hub - 09/17

• Minority Report holds up because it's about surveillance, not gadgets - The Verge - 07/17

• Beyond Bananas: CMU Scientists Harness “Mind Reading” Technology to Decode Complex Thoughts - CMU - 06/17

• Neural Implant Tech Raises the Specter of Brainjacking - Singularity Hub - 06/17

• In the Near Future, We'll Trade Our Privacy for Better Products - Inverse - 05/17

• Anti-surveillance clothing aims to hide wearers from facial recognition - The Guardian - 01/17

• The Promise and Perils of Sharing DNA - Undark - 09/16

• The Future Of Driving Is Accidentally Sacrificing Privacy For Convenience - Uproxx - 08/16

• Private Benjamins - How to Sell Your Personal Information To Make Money - FFA - 08/16

• Artificial intelligence companies need our data. Can we stop giving it away for free? - recode - 06/16

• Facebook is building artificial intelligence to understand everything you post - CNBC - 06/16

• The Future of Privacy: Who Protects the Public From Themselves? - Huffington Post - 05/16

• Devil in the details: Dirty little secrets of the Internet of Things - Network World - 04/16

• Machine learning technique boosts lip-reading accuracy - Tech Crunch - 03/16

• 280,000 People Have Asked Google To Honor Their ‘Right To Be Forgotten’ - FiveThirtyEight - 07/15

• The FBI Uses Fake Cell Towers to Do Real Spying - Popular Mechanics - 02/15

• Web inventor: Surveillance threatens democracy - Phys.Org - 11/13

• Microsoft joins Google in US spying suit - Phys.Org - 09/13

• Your emails are all scanned—and that's what you agreed to - Phys.Org - 08/13

• New Revelations Detail How The NSA Scans 75% Of The Internet Through Telco Partnerships - TechCrunch - 08/13

• Adverts with eyes know when you're watching ... and they're already here - New Atlas - 07/13

• 'Horror film' puts Internet privacy under spotlight - Phys.Org - 07/13

• In-Store Tracking Companies Try to Self-Regulate Privacy - Slate - 07/13

• Viterbi tool improves online photo privacy - USC - 04/13

• The dangers of surveillance: It's bad, but why? - Phys.Org - 03/13

• The Threat of Silence - Slate - 02/13

• Why Privacy Is the Future of Competition - Huffington Post - 11/12

• Hidden Government Scanners - Gizmodo - 07/12

• New surveillance camera can search 36 million faces for matches in one second - Phys.Org - 03/12

• Liars under scrutiny can't completely suppress facial expressions - University of Buffalo - 07/11

• Privacy Lost: The Amazing Benefits of the Completely Examined Life - PC World - 05/11

• What is Traitorware? - EFF - 12/10

• A tracking device that fits on the head of a pin - Phys.Org - 10/10

• Internet Privacy Worries Are Eroding - PCWorld - 05/10

• Watching the Watchers: Why Surveillance Is a Two-Way Street - Popular Mechanics - 10/09

• Will Whole Genome Research Result In Genetic Profiling? - Science Daily - 03/08

• Big Brother is watching us all - BBC News - 09/07

• Future Privacy Web Sites and Blogs

• EFF - Electronic Frontier Foundation

• EPIC - Focusing public attention on emerging privacy and civil liberties issues

• Future of Privacy Forum - Washington, DC based think tank