HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION(PRIVACY BEYOND UBICOMP)

Privacy beyond Ubicomp(HCI)

Marc Lanheinrich details the privacy issues with Weiser’s definition of ubicomp and
gives examples of how important technologies, such as RF ID, can be handled to better
address both privacy and security issues. Today, we have a variety of critical ubicomp
technologies in the field. In addition to tagging technologies, such as RF ID, we have
widely available outdoor and indoor location technologies, Bluetooth LE beacon
CS-PhD HCI Qual Exam Sp 2016
technology and are about to have a wide variety of commercial Internet of Things
devices.

A. Is the privacy debate more or less relevant today, in 2016, than it was when
Langheinrich wrote his initial privacy and Ubicomp papers in the early 2000’s? How is it
similar and how is it different?

B. PIck one emerging technology that was not foreseen in Weiser’s Scientific American
article and explain the specific privacy concerns of that technology. You can choose
your own argument or adopt an argument from someone in the research literature.

C. How can the privacy concerns you outlined in your answer to Part b be addressed by
modifying the technology itself? What concerns cannot be addressed merely by a
technology modification