Privacy And Anonymity In A Networked World: 20Th Century Law And 21St Century Technology

Shane Witnov, University of California, Berkeley

Stevenson Hall 1300
11:00 AM - 11:50 AM

Social networks record the details of associations, document indiscrete moments and preserve long forgotten comments. Cell phones provide logs of one’s location. An analysis of this information can reveal intimate details of a person’s life threatening privacy on two fronts. First, technology has far outpaced the law leaving much of our online activities with few legal protections. Second, new technological developments threaten our ability to remain anonymous online and off. This talk will examine some recent examples of this conflict among the law, technology, and privacy.