Hiding Information Inside Big Data and the Hypocrisy of Privacy
Alicia Asín Pérez
Co-founder and CEO of Libelium | Board Member | IoT expert | Smart Cities | Keynote speaker | Digital rights | Author of "Toma El Control De Tus Datos"
“Welcome to the era of big, bad, open information.”
Analysts have predicted huge numbers of Internet-connected devices in our future for years now. We may dispute the number, but it is clear that the Internet of Things (IoT) will produce a colossal amount of data. Our cities will be full of sensors and generating tons of data to help us find a parking spot, save water in irrigation, monitor pollution levels and make them more efficient, urban resilient and livable.
Our social networks collect masses of data and so do the sensor networks that blanket our cities and everywhere else—from outer space down to our personal items. Before we can even figure out how huge data can translate to information, via context, people are already declaring a state of surveillance capitalism running our lives. The question of privacy looms large. Is it hypocrisy? What would happen if big data were open data?
In this 10 min keynote video for Strata + Hadoop I explore 3 main ideas:
- Data is nothing without a context
- The hypocrisy of privacy
- Open Data: democracy for Big Data
Keynote video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oWwQfgpvlzI
Slideshare: http://www.slideshare.net/libelium/alicia-asin-libelium-ceo-keynote-talk-in-strata-hadoop-world-europe-2014-in-barcelona-spain
very good example the one about the telco and the car insurance company (in the video). TV one, well, just scaring. I think we still have a lot to do regarding to this 'issue', starting from a philosophical point of view. There are different levels in what we should and what we should not share.
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Senior Consultant at Deloitte Sydney
9yFound your article very engaging!!
Research Strategy - Laser Applications
9yThis is an aspect I've been thinking about for long time; the massive amount of data provides information on the community, but protects the privacy of the individual, through the "needle in the hay" effect. And I think there should be little concern about the democratization of data, most citizens are already happily delivering their private data through social networks, IoT data should be less sensitive if control access is properly restricted. The scenario of the "Sous-veillance" anticipated by Derrida and Foucault is already happening, with all such stream of private data handled by oligopolies (your point about the privacy policy of smart TVs is actually Orwellian!). Opening the use of the data would indeed result not only in wider opportunities and technological developments, but also benefit society.
DevOps Engineer at Lisk - Blockchain Application Platform
10yIf you're interested, Ladar Levision (of Lavabit) and others are working on end-to-end encryption for e-mail. He gave a great talk at DEFCON this last year that I was fortunate enough to see in person. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TWzvXaxR6us