HCI - Lecture 16: Computer Misuse in a Social Context Privacy European Convention of Human Rights Article 8: Right to privacy: 1. Everyone has the right to respect for his private and family life, his home, and his correspondence. 2. There shall be no interference by a public authority with the exercise of this right except such as is in accordance with the law and is necessary in a democratic society in the interests of national security, public safety, or the economic well-being of the country, for the prevention of disorder or crime, for the protection of health or morals, or for the protection of the rights and freedoms of others. Why is it so important now? . No mention of the right to privacy in Magna Carta · Post-WWII phenomena · Local communities and communication boundaries o Information value small · What the Internet and ICT does: o Global access o Volume of available information o High value at very low "hit rates" Surveillance & Society · Jeremy Bentham is widely cited for his ideas of the 'panopticon' · The adjective 'panoptic'. pan means 'all' and 'optic' is seeing · Developed by a French Philosopher called Foucault as key metaphor for explaining role of state power . Example: Single pillar in the centre of a prison facility with the prison cells surrounding it; the prisoner cannot see anything except the security personnel observing them, e.g. GotG Modern Day Panopticons Applying portfolio of registered sex offenders to Google Maps Spying on loved ones, e.g. children, boyfriends/girlfriends, etc. through tracking apps, looking at their devices without consent, or through sharing passwords that shouldn't have been shared In a mature adult relationship, it is not illegal to track someone. However, it can be used as evidence of coercive control in a domestic abuse allegation 'The Docile Body' - one that may be subjected, used, transformed, and improved. And that this docile body can only be achieved through strict regimen of disciplinary acts
Filtering Technology Filtering doesn't really work: . Policies must be decided by a mix of the vendor, the government, and the user Home users were given the choice to install filters o Most didn't . Filters traditionally work on a keyword matching algorithm o The Scunthorpe problem. Age Verification - the State of the Art in Content Control? · Enshrined in law (Digital Economy Act 2017) · Solutions were ... interesting . Government trying to extend to social media companies and sell this solution to the world o Even though the "solutions" are untested. · Withdrawn in 2019 · Young people told everyone it won't work Why Censor the Internet? · Too easy for children to gain access to pornographic material - note that there is no legal age for the access of pornography . Enable adults to avoid material that offends them · Impose certain moral frameworks · Information used to commit crimes . All other forms of media are censored, why not the internet? Why Not Censor the