Introduction

Learning Outcomes

• Understand the historical and legal context of privacy in the US
• Understand the core tenants of the FTC principles of privacy
• Understand the concept of “Contextual Integrity” and how it contrasts with the FTC principles
• Understand imposed vs luxury surveillance

Study Resources

For your study of this topic, review these resources prior to class.

Web Articles and Blogs

• Privacy as Contextual Integrity
• Luxury Surveillance

Wikipedia

Consider these links as reference material for deeper study.

• Privacy
• Natural Rights and Legal Rights
• Right to Privacy Article
• Fourth Amendment to US Constitution

Class lecture

• Privacy

Exercises

Before-Class Excerise

• Surveillance Diary- individual

  Keep a diary, as you go throughout your activities of the week, of times when you know/think you are being surveilled and by whom. Each diary entry should contain a time, description of surveiller, what aspect of you is being surveilled (movement, facial expression, work performance, etc.). You are not required to share this diary with anyone else but be prepared to share some of your findings.

  Prior to class, recollect what aspects of your surveillance experiences might have fallen into the luxury category and what aspects fall into the imposed category. Why do you think that is? On the #bbiw_ Slack channel board, post using label:
  

  1. Luxury total #: how many of your journal were in the luxury category
  2. Imposed total #:how many of your journal were in the imposed category
  3. Distance: approximate radius (in miles - google it) of your overall activity

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  4. Most Common/Intrusive: the most common or intrusive examples of surveillance that you faced
  5. How: how it affected you
  6. Who benefits: for whose benefit this type of surveillance exists.

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  7. (optional) Survey the surveillance:
     DO NOT attempt this if it would cause harm, it is prohibited, unlawful or otherwise puts you or anyone in any kind risk.
     Take a picture of the device/entity surveying you as evidence.

After-Lecture Activity

• Inside - Outside Discussion: Luxury Surveillance

  The class will be divided into the following groups: Those who support and enjoy the use of luxury surveillance devices and Those who advocate for the abolishment of such devices. The first will form a ring on the inside, and for each member on the inside group, they will be paired with a member of the outside group. We will take rounds of several minutes discussing the below questions pairs of questions, one each round. Between each round, the instructor will call on random pairs of students to discuss their answer and ask reflection from other class members.

  • What sort of use do Luxury surveillance devices bring you? What sort of impact do they have on the community around you when you use them?
  • Does using luxury surveillance make you feel more secure and from whom/what? Do other people using surveillance devices make you feel more or less secure?
  • What do you think would change in the world if everyone adopted more luxury surveillance devices? What would change if less people adopted them?

After-Class Exercise

• Fortress & Prison Dilemma

  Part I

  Given what we know about imposed and luxury surveillance technologies, think about some activity that bucks the trend of either type of surveillance and of degrading trust in communities. This can be as simple as community gardening, neighborhood cookouts, etc.

  How does this activity impact the surveillance networks built around us? Do they create new "risks"? Do the surveillance networks make it difficult for us to build trust in community through these events? Why? Write 500 words on this topic.