2014-08-28 American Privacy: The 400-Year History Of Our Most Contested Right

American Privacy

Frederick S. Lane

IAFCI Annual Conference

Phoenix, AZ

28 August 2014

The 400-Year History of Our Most Contested Right

Professional Background

• Author of 7 Books, including:

– Obscene Profits

– The Naked Employee

– The Decency Wars

– The Court and the Cross

– Cybertraps for the Young

• Lecturer/Educational

Consultant for Businesses,

Higher Ed, School Districts,

and PTAs

• Attorney/Expert Witness in

the Field of Computer

Forensics

• Former Chairman of the

Burlington (VT) School Board

www.FrederickLane.com @Cybertraps

“So That A Man Can Stand Up”


The 4th Amendment

The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and

effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and

no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing

the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.


“Kodak Fiends” (1880s)


“The Right to Privacy” (1890)


“Data Mining” (1890)


“Wish You Were Here” (1893)


Omni Privati in Tres PartesDivisa Est

Anonymity / Memory Decay

Modesty

Control


Social Security (1936)


Convenience Erodes Privacy (1950s)


IBM 701 (1956)


The Digital Revolution (1977-1981)


The World Wide Web (1983)


I Invented the Web for This?


Google (1996)


The Evolution of Telephone Calls


No Secrets Anymore (2004-05)


All Your Data Are Belong to Us


Self-Inflicted Privacy Wounds


Facial Recognition (1949)


Facial Recognition (2012)


Can Privacy Be Resuscitated?

“He’s Dead, Jim”

Privacy - The Red Shirt of Our Rights

We Are Our Own Worst Enemies

Solutions: Education and Legislation


An Unexpected Pro-Privacy Twist


Contact Information• E-Mail:

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• Telephone:

• 802-318-4604

• Twitter

• @Cybertraps, @FSL3

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American Privacy

Frederick S. Lane

IAFCI Annual Conference

Phoenix, AZ

28 August 2014

The 400-Year History of Our Most Contested Right

2014-08-28 American Privacy: The 400-Year History Of Our Most Contested Right

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