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From: Asma Chandani <asc2106@columbia.edu>
To : <CPC@emoglen.law.columbia.edu>
Date: Tue, 19 Apr 2005 17:41:29 -0400
Security Watch- Identity Theft is on Everyone's Minds.....
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As a policy issue, I "get" the problem of identity theft. And of course,
if it ever happens to me or my close comrades, I'd undoubtedly change my
attitude. Yet, at this point, despite being aware of the vast scope of
the problem, I remain a bit nonchalant as to the handing out of my
personal information simply because I don't think an individual can
change the "system." The salience of the problems associated with data
collection is minimal and the personal discounting is high.. At this
point it's inevitable that we will soon see solutions to identity theft
resulting from the synergies between the three prongs of the pyramid
Professor Moglen introduced us to: (1) law (regulation, laws like CA,
national data privacy act perhaps), (2) technology (better data storage
protocols and encryption), and (3) political will (everyone harmed
lobbying politicians, initiatives of Senators like Diane Feinstein,
etc.).
Where does the market enter the picture? It would be great if the market
seized upon this interim period of great unrest and companies got
competitive about their privacy policies. But markets respond to demand,
and right now the demand for privacy seems a bit crippled...While I see
great promise in notions like the P3P platform, I don't know much about
how P3P can superimpose itself on the way the Internet is set up now.
(Anyone know more about this?) And are such notions doomed now that the
genie is out of the bottle? ..
I could continue with my musings, but I don't really have a point. I
just wonder what I'm missing in the big picture. Perhaps someone can
enlighten me. Perhaps I'll only be enlightened when my SSN gets blown. I
don't know..
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<p><font size=3D3 face=3D"Times New Roman"><span =
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt'>As a
policy issue, I “get” the problem of identity theft. And of =
course,
if it ever happens to me or my close comrades, I’d undoubtedly =
change my
attitude. Yet, at this point, despite being aware of the vast scope of =
the
problem, I remain a bit nonchalant as to the handing out of my personal
information simply because I don’t think an individual can change =
the “system.”
The salience of the problems associated with data collection is minimal =
and the
personal discounting is high…… At this point it’s =
inevitable
that we will soon see solutions to identity theft resulting from the =
synergies
between the three prongs of the pyramid Professor Moglen introduced us =
to: (1) law
(regulation, laws like CA, national data privacy act perhaps), (2) =
technology
(better data storage protocols and encryption), and (3) political will
(everyone harmed lobbying politicians, initiatives of Senators like =
Diane
Feinstein, etc.). <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3D3 face=3D"Times New Roman"><span =
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt'>Where
does the market enter the picture? It would be great if the market =
seized upon
this interim period of great unrest and companies got competitive about =
their
privacy policies. But markets respond to demand, and right now the =
demand for
privacy seems a bit crippled…..While I see great promise in =
notions like
the P3P platform, I don’t know much about how P3P can superimpose =
itself
on the way the Internet is set up now. (Anyone know more about this?) =
And are
such notions doomed now that the genie is out of the bottle? =
….<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3D3 face=3D"Times New Roman"><span =
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt'>I could
continue with my musings, but I don’t really have a point. I just =
wonder
what I’m missing in the big picture. Perhaps someone can enlighten =
me.
Perhaps I’ll only be enlightened when my SSN gets blown. I =
don’t
know….<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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