Title :
Online monitoring: security or social control?
Author :
Caloyannides, Michael A.
Abstract :
Imagine your big brother habitually following you around "for your own good" and snooping into everything that you, a mature adult, choose to do. Now imagine discovering that he couldn\´t do so if you wore blue socks rather than brown. Wouldn\´t you switch to blue socks as a matter of principle? Online monitoring today presents a similar situation. You can indeed modify your online conduct to preserve your privacy almost as easily as you can change socks.
Keywords :
Internet; data privacy; social aspects of automation; online conduct; online monitoring; privacy preservation; social control; Computer security; Computerized monitoring; Internet; Online Communities/Technical Collaboration; Privacy; Protection; Switches; US Government; Viruses (medical); Web server;
Journal_Title :
Security & Privacy, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/MSECP.2004.1264862
