Re: TOR and the Digital Freedom Conversation

["Jones, Mark B" <Mark.B.Jones () UTH TMC EDU>]

There is a difference between 'Privacy' and 'Secrecy'.  Tor seems like it
may lean toward the latter.

 

I have found that the following site has a useful perspective on privacy
issues:  http://www.privacilla.org

Here are some key quotes:

"Importantly, privacy is a personal, subjective condition. One person cannot
decide for another what his or her sense of privacy should be."

"While privacy is held up as one of our highest values, people also
constantly share information about themselves by allowing others to see
their faces, learn their names, learn what they own, and learn what they
think. In fact, it is a desirable lack of privacy that allows people to
interact with one another socially and in business. This does not mean that
people should lose control over the information they want to keep private.
It means that generalizations about privacy are almost always wrong."

http://www.privacilla.org/fundamentals/whatisprivacy.html

 

Also 'Privacy' is not the same as 'anonymity'.  It is my opinion that strong
authentication and the lack of anonymity are the keys to improved privacy
online.  Only with strong authentication can consumers and services be held
accountable for behavior online.

 

From: The EDUCAUSE Security Constituent Group Listserv
[mailto:SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU] On Behalf Of Jeffrey Sabin
Sent: Tuesday, December 10, 2013 2:24 PM
To: SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU
Subject: [SECURITY] TOR and the Digital Freedom Conversation

 

All, 

 

Given the wider US technology community discussions on online privacy and
monitoring - this seems to be very topical.  In case anyone was not aware,
this story is taking place at Iowa State University with Tor being a
relevant part of the discussion:

 

http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2013/12/10/digital-freedom-groups-road-re
cognition-sparks-legal-debate-iowa-state-u
<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v1/url?u=http://www.insidehighered.com/ne
ws/2013/12/10/digital-freedom-groups-road-recognition-sparks-legal-debate-io
wa-state-u&k=yYSsEqip9%2FcIjLHUhVwIqA%3D%3D%0A&r=o50KCUcRVN10tgtglyNVFw2kmiz
yPIIFTSGui%2BBSZ5A%3D%0A&m=hnGoebKdLtnE2yvxLiQ0OlhXMu%2FRMEVn0qZFzyM2pgE%3D%
0A&s=5dcb52d50601a7d4ddc3b0479ff3aa4491e442f9a0d830ba2ff5db38ae6c9762> 

 

and

 

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2013/12/open-letter-urging-universities-encour
age-conversation-about-online-privacy
<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v1/url?u=https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/20
13/12/open-letter-urging-universities-encourage-conversation-about-online-pr
ivacy&k=yYSsEqip9%2FcIjLHUhVwIqA%3D%3D%0A&r=o50KCUcRVN10tgtglyNVFw2kmizyPIIF
TSGui%2BBSZ5A%3D%0A&m=hnGoebKdLtnE2yvxLiQ0OlhXMu%2FRMEVn0qZFzyM2pgE%3D%0A&s=
75b3522379697ac135dd77ae55292b93024c9c4ab21538dc9f8faf9b4a1fd56e> 

 

Realizing that this isn't necessarily new, but given this recent story, I am
curious to know what others are doing or observing as it relates to Tor and
it's discussion at your particular institution. 

 

Many thanks, 

 

Jeff

 

Jeffrey D. Sabin

DIRECTOR, COMMUNICATIONS AND NETWORK SERVICES

 

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