Question

Name three cyber technology-related techniques that could threaten personal privacy. For your own personal privacy, rank them in an ascending order (of the perceived level of threat to your privacy) and justify your ranking choice.

Answer 1

Some of the cyber technology-related techniques that could threaten personal privacy are:

(Names are in ascending order of my choice)

1. Monitoring of people and their movement in the workplace or public places by means of security cameras.
2. The categories of software available due to which the decoding of digital information (which can be private information) has become virtually unattainable also poses severe legal/ethical questions because it can protect criminals.
3. The correctness of the information is very much a necessity in cases where an information professional is working with personal information that can have a direct impact on the life of a person. An example is the processing of medical information. Illegal access and any alteration in the information can lead to a loss of life for the person.

The above points are ordered in the way like the first two points will not cause a major impact on the life of an individual and with some care and preventive measures, their impact can be neglected or reduced. But in case of alteration of medical records, the life of an individual can be in threat due to incorrect treatment or it may cause lifetime disabilities.