The unsolvable privacy problem and its implications for security technologies

Andrew Odlyzko

doi:10.1007/3-540-45067-X_5

The unsolvable privacy problem and its implications for security technologies

Andrew Odlyzko

School of Mathematics

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Privacy presents many puzzles. In particular, why is it eroding, given the high value people assign to their privacy? This extended abstract argues that there are strong incentives for decreasing privacy, rooted in the economic benefits of price discrimination. As a result, the privacy problem is unsolvable. The conflict between incentives to price discriminate and the public dislike of this practice will influence what security technologies are likely to succeed.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	51-54
Number of pages	4
Journal	Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume	2727 LNCS
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-45067-X_5
State	Published - Dec 1 2003
Event	8th Australasian Conference on Information Security and Privacy, ACISP 2003 - Wollongong, NSW, Australia Duration: Jul 9 2003 → Jul 11 2003

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