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The Privacy Paradox: An Investigation Of Smart Applications, Social Relations And Privacy, Joanne K. Mcquilty Jan 2020

The Privacy Paradox: An Investigation Of Smart Applications, Social Relations And Privacy, Joanne K. Mcquilty

University of Wollongong Thesis Collection 2017+

Privacy on the internet has increasingly become an issue of grave importance to citizens, businesses and governments alike evidenced in the recent breaches involving Facebook, WhatsApp and WikiLeaks, where large amounts of data have been disseminated to corporate and government entities. The aim of this research is to investigate applications operating through ‘smart’ software that can be specifically referred to as privacy applications and the implications the use of these applications has for user social relations on the internet and beyond. The thesis applies a case study methodology that incorporates a theoretical synergy based on the key components from the …


The Privacy Paradox: An Investigation Of Smart Applications, Social Relations And Privacy, Joanne K. Mcquilty Jan 2020

The Privacy Paradox: An Investigation Of Smart Applications, Social Relations And Privacy, Joanne K. Mcquilty

University of Wollongong Thesis Collection 2017+

Privacy on the internet has increasingly become an issue of grave importance to citizens, businesses and governments alike evidenced in the recent breaches involving Facebook, WhatsApp and WikiLeaks, where large amounts of data have been disseminated to corporate and government entities. The aim of this research is to investigate applications operating through ‘smart’ software that can be specifically referred to as privacy applications and the implications the use of these applications has for user social relations on the internet and beyond. The thesis applies a case study methodology that incorporates a theoretical synergy based on the key components from the …