TY - JOUR
T1 - The unsolvable privacy problem and its implications for security technologies
AU - Odlyzko, Andrew
PY - 2003
Y1 - 2003
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
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U2 - 10.1007/3-540-45067-X_5
DO - 10.1007/3-540-45067-X_5
M3 - Conference article
AN - SCOPUS:34250724417
SN - 0302-9743
VL - 2727 LNCS
SP - 51
EP - 54
JO - Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
JF - Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
T2 - 8th Australasian Conference on Information Security and Privacy, ACISP 2003
Y2 - 9 July 2003 through 11 July 2003
ER -