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Exposed. Privacy, Security and the Smart City

Shad“ Sayata
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smart erheshy dd‘mmnns are urhan
ecusystems that uhlrze drgrtal netwurks and
cummunrcahun technulugres tu enhance the
qualrty andperturmance nfulban seryrces and
engage mure ehechyely and achyely wrth rts
ertrzens l<ent Cullege nfLaw had a cunterenue
urganrzed tu understand the rnrluence ut pnr
yacy and securrty rn a smart erty Wrth Mayur
Rahm Emanuel‘slannch ut Chlcagn‘sfilst eyer
technulugy plansltlslmpelatwe tur us as ails
zens tu understand the aspects that really gu
rntu makrng the aty‘sman‘tnday and huw wrll
we caprtalrze un the uhrqurtuus uullechun ut
data rn the future whrle shllmarntarnrng 5us
herent aspects nfpnvacy

Are smart erhes a necessrty? What
dues rt really mean tu he under suryerllanue
all the me? What rs the cust assuerated wrth
thrs suryerllance? l-luw secure rs uur data? ls
there any scupe tur suhrectryrtyrn a smart erty?
These were afew questruns thatwere analyzed
durrng the uunterence Thuugh the cuncept ut
a smart erty may unly ernstrn uur rmagnahun
(Delays such a hyperlrnked netwurk rs suun tu
hecume arealrty l<ent Cullege ut Law Lhelefme
deerdedtu urganrze a uunterence and rnvrte lnr
dustry experts tu answer these quesnnns

Adam Greenfield whu rs a renuwned
wrrter spuke abnut‘hetwmkedurbamsm“ and
rnrluence utcurrputer rnterachunsrn uur eye
eryday achvrhes l-le explarned huw netwurk
rnturmahun technulugres tuday uhlrze data
fur a wrde array ut achvrhes fmm markehng
rnrhatryes tu aucuunt tur huusrng and mnbllr
rty The must rnterestrng purnt he rarsed what
that these technuluges are nut ahle tu accuunt
tur ahuut anesthud utthe pupulaunns whrch
largely uunsrsts nfpenple whu du nut haye so
cess tu the “smart rnrrastructure “ rn essences
peuplewhu du nut haye a smartphune ur ohms
puter and are thus nut pmduclng the datarn
urdered tu he aucuunted tur Further he exe
plarned huw wrth rnerease rn tucus un data
cullectrun and data analyncs energy uhlraahun
custs wuuld rnerease drastrcally and Lhelefmes
thatlsaneedtnundemandthelnngrtelmfir
naneral yrahrlrty and sustarnahrlrty ut such an
rnrhatrye l-le erted an example nfhnw hy mnVr
rng tu amme‘hetwmked“ envrrunmentwum
en trum a slum rn lndrawere ahle tu maptherr

lucalrty wrthuut any snphlsncated cps devrce
Thrsmapprng was armedtu ensure that the erty
utherals understuud the regun well and tuuk
neuessary rnrhahyes tur rmpruyrng the stark
dard nfllvlng nfpenple rn the regun

Wuudruw l-lartaug drshngurshed
law pmfessm at Stanturd Unryersrty spuke
ahuut prryacy rn the hyperlrnked netwurk ut
the smart erhes l-lartzug hrghlrghted three
key aspects related tu prryacy nbscuntys arms
nymrty and trust He was ahle tu deyelup an
rntereshng relahunshrp hetween what rs really
prryate rn the lnternet ecusystem We helreye
sumethrng rsprryate hecause we assume that
nut many peuple wrll understand rt l-le ans
phasrzed the rmpurtance nfhnw we dtuuld
start thrnkrng ut uur achvrtres rn puhlrc srnce
all the datawe puduue rs captured» stured and
analyzed Themusrnteresrng purnt he rarsed
wasthe queshun “are uur taues prryate?“ Wrth
the rnerease utsuryerllance usrng 0ch cams
eras rn smart erhes can we sately assume that
uur faces are prryate? He later explarned huw
rn tnday‘s data systemxharm“ rs a yery drlhcult
aspecttu arhculate Guyernmentsshuuld thus
tucus therr efimts un garnrng trust ut erhzens
and pruvrdrng them wrth an aptrmt medias
nrsm whereyer pussrhle Trust as he stated» rs
dependent un drseretrun hunestys prutectrun
andalsu ensuresthatthusethat cullectthe data
trum the suhrects shuuld he luyal tu therr subs
rects and actrntherrhestrnterest

l<rmerly Balleys whu rs a law prutese
sur at l<ent Cullege ut Law tucused her drscuse
srun un the rmpurtance utprryacy andhuw dee
prryahun nfpnvacy leads tu deyastahng etrects
un suual cunnul she descrrhed huw cunstant
munrturrng utpeuple utculur hy the state leads
tu achrllrng etrect Thrshasanrmpactuntherr
treedum ut assuerahun and salfrzxplessmn
she uted rnstances ut where stnprandrfilsks
haye an rmpact un the sueral caprtal nfan lndlr
yrdual hnce these stups queshun the lndlvldr
ual regardrng hrs achyrtres they express alack
uthust and suspruun rn the persun On sume
uccasruns the pulrue nfl‘lclalsnnt unly ask tur
pnsnnallnfmmaunnsbutmay alsuguthruugh
therr helungrngs Thrs rs usually carrred uut rn
publm thus there rs afeellng ut shame assume
atedwrth rt ltrnrlrctsapersun‘sneedumutase
suuahun srnce nuhudy wuuld want tu assume
ate wrth a persun whu rs suhrected tu frequent

stnprandrfilsks ln many reguuns vrchms ut
these filsks haye changed the way they dress
rn urder tu luuk less yulnerahle she adyucated
that heture we prumute mure suryerllance tu
rmpruye semntys we must he mlndful utthe
chrllrng fleas assuerated wrth thrs sun/eds
lance

l<evrn erler whu rs the mrfnundel
utthe Guugle chrcagu uthue and rs currently
a partner at chrcagu Ventures explured the
rdea nfurban plannrng and the smart erty l-le
adyucated the rdea nfhnw rnerease rn sun/eds
lance threatens tu upset the halanue ut puwer
hetween erty guyernments and erty resrdents
“Cleaver ertres may nut necessarrly he hetter
mesi‘ he says srnue they are nut unly wimp
ahle tu drg;tal hacks hut are alsu suhrect tu
hacks un the prryacy nfa ertrzen The systems
shuuld thus he deyeluped wrthuut heuumrng
systems nfmass suryerllance and prumute pnr
yacy huth hy law and the underlyrng technnlr
ugyrnnastructure l-le prumuted suluhunslrke
data tacturraahun derldenufimunn andtranse
10mm

chhard Warner whu rs a pmfessm
ut law at l<ent Cnlleges adyucated that there
shuuld he a clear (ladenfi hetween prryacy
and securrty Thatrs lf erhzenswe are gwng
up uur data and are cunhnuuusly munrtured
hy the stateswe are durng thrshearrng rnmrnd
that hy durng su we are rnereasrng uur sews
rrty That rs tu say that srnue the guyernment
rs ahle tu munrtur uur achunswe are mure see
curenuw l-luweyerhyrnueasrng the amuunt
ut datathat can he murmured» the pruhlem we
are tryrng tu sulye hecumes that nffindlng a
needle rn ahaystack He draws a cumparrsun
hetween the physrcal ecusystem and a drg;tal
une ln aphysrcal ecusystem» we knuw where
the duursare andwe canplaceguardsunthuse
duursrn urder tu prutect uurselyes Thrstype
ut flan rs tuhle rn a drg;tal ecusystem where
we dunt knuwwhere all the duurs are andthe
guards rn place are tuu easy tu tuul He further
prumutedthe rdeathat suryerllance shuuld try
tu reduue hlame un law hy rncreasrng cultural
survelllancefim l-le spuke ahuut cyher lnsurr
ance as an rnereasrngly pupular held ut study
andthe sustarnahrlrty nflts cummereralmudel
l-le cunduded hy stahng thatwe shuuld lndlr
vrdually hurld up uur securrty and fnms un
makrng uur cumputer harder tu get tu than the

uther persun

DawdThawswhnlsal-lasslsiantpmr
teasur nflaw and rnturmatrun serences at Urns
yersrty ut prttshurg stated that securrty and
prryacy arent the cure cumpetency nfa smart
erty l-luweyer we can thrrye tu achreye these
guals l-le adyucatedthat guyernments shuuld
tucustherr cyhersecurrty efimts fmm a stand
purnt ut preyentrun and nut rust prutechun
Acomdlng tu hrs research quanhtatrye data
cullected shuw that Chlef lnfmmaunn othcers
rn urganraahuns wuuld greatly heneht lf they
map therr n§< mrtrgatrun technrquestu match
rrsk tuleranue and rrsk analysrs capahrlrhes
Thrs appruach can he uhlrzedtu desrgn a dlgr
tal lnfiasfiuaure ut a smart erty

Ellen Mrtchell whu rs a pmfessm ut
psychulugy at lllrnurs lnstrtute nfTechnnlngys
tucused her drscussrun un human hehavrurs
and psychulugcal efieas ut smart erhes she
explarned the psychulugrcal rmpact nfsurvellr
lanue and dlalngmshedltfinmthetelm mans
rturrng Munrturrng rnyulyes an assumphun
that sumehudy sumewherers durng sumethrng
mungthrsassumphunrsnutyalrd durrng sup
yerllance Furthztssurvelllanoe rs nutequal tur
all srnce empluyees at the luwer leyel ut an axe
ganrzahun wrll he srryeyedmure than thuse at
hrgher leyelswhu exhrhrtlegtrmate pusrtrunal
puwer Thuugh smart erhes tucus un ruuhne
sun/nuances we shuuld he mmdful utthe cust
assueratedwrth capturrng the data andthe psyr
mulugcal rmplrcahun ut such suryerllance
sheprumutedtherdeautusrnglesstechnulugy
when yuu can and prumuhng a mure tucused
appruachtu suryerllance rather than mass sup
yerllance

The cunterence uyerall was ahle tu
hrrng aplethura nfldeaslelatedtn prryacy and
the smart uty These rdeas cuyered dumarns
lrke law technnlngys psychulugy and sncmculr
tural rnrluenues As rndryrduals we must nut
unly he aware nfhnw we are herng munrtured
hut we must ask rmpurtant questlnnsllkeswhy
are we herng munrtured? What data rs herng
munrtured? l-luw secure rs uur data? There was
upen drscussrun ut sume ut the key cuncepts
wrth the audrence The eyent was fnflnwed hy
a warm recephun where peuple cunhnued tu
drscuss the thrngs they learnt humthe muffin
ence The cunterence had thus suuceeded rn
leavrng an everlasnnglmplemnn un eyeryune

 

 

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