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Technology And The Internet: The Impending Destruction Of Privacy By Betrayers, Grudgers, Snoops, Spammers, Corporations And The Media, Clifford S. Fishman
Technology And The Internet: The Impending Destruction Of Privacy By Betrayers, Grudgers, Snoops, Spammers, Corporations And The Media, Clifford S. Fishman
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This Article reviews how the Internet and related developments-technological, social, and legal-have magnified the threat to privacy posed by private individuals, commercial enterprises, and the media. It offers a brief overview of the current threats to privacy from sources other than the government, and, in particular, the impact of the Internet in creating or magnifying those threats. Part I discusses the threat to privacy in general, examining how the Internet and developments in surveillance technology, in information storage and retrieval, in dissemination of information, sound, and images, and changes to the informal "social contract" that defines general standards have all …