Who do you want going through your digital dirty laundry? This presentation aims to discuss the balance of freedom and privacy in the modern, mobile world.

1. We are in the middle of a revolution…
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2. … a mobile revolution.
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3. Mobile technologies allow us to
expand our horizons…
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4. …Encounter new ideas…
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5. … And meet people we never
would have met otherwise.
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For many, mobile means choice, freedom.

7. But does it also mean good health? Protection? Security?
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8. “Looking at a computer screen up to an hour before
bedtime can disrupt the way the body releases a hormone
called melatonin.” This chemical regulates sleep and
facilitates healing.
-The Ontarion
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9. In Michigan, police can “snoop through smartphones at random
traffic stops” without a warrant. They are able to “obtain email,
Web history, SIM data, cookies, instant messages, call logs,
contacts and much more from your phone.” -Popular Mechanics
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10. “Security researchers have discovered that Apple’s iPhone
keeps track of where you go – and saves every detail of it to a
secret file on the device…whether or not the user agrees.”
-The Guardian
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11. “Security researchers have discovered that Apple’s iPhone
keeps track of where you go – and saves every detail of it to a
secret file on the device…whether or not the user agrees.”
-The Guardian
“[Blackberry] PIN messages that many users thought were
untraceable can be logged.”
-PC World
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12. “Security researchers have discovered that Apple’s iPhone
keeps track of where you go – and saves every detail of it to a
secret file on the device…whether or not the user agrees.”
-The Guardian
“[Blackberry] PIN messages that many users thought were
untraceable can be logged.”
-PC World
An Android’s security tokens are “passed to Google servers
unencrypted, a cybersnoop could easily swipe one while a
consumer is surfing the web in Starbucks.”
-Fox News
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13. Sleep may be a relatively small price to pay for the comfort of
having our LCD screens within arm’s reach.
However, how much private information are we willing to
share with big corporations? With strangers?
What about information about our kids?
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14. 85% of American kids own
a mobile phone.
-National Literacy Trust
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15. 85% of American kids own
a mobile phone.
-National Literacy Trust
48% of teenagers don’t
know they can willingly
broadcast their location
using apps like Facebook
Places or Foursquare.
-tnooz
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16. 85% of American kids own
a mobile phone.
-National Literacy Trust
48% of teenagers don’t
know they can willingly
broadcast their location
using apps like Facebook
Places or Foursquare.
-tnooz
How many do you think
know that their mobile
devices may do this
automatically?
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17. When we begin to access
our friends, entertainment,
education, even our wallets
from a single device, we
have to ask…
… how safe is that information?
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18. Who do you want going through
your digital dirty laundry??
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19. The issue isn’t that people are more irresponsible, stupid, or
mean than usual.
The world is no more cruel than it was yesterday.
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20. The solution is simple!
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21. The solution is simple!
We need to learn the limitations of our smart devices
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22. The solution is simple!
We need to learn the limitations of our smart devices
Lobby for new laws that better regulate how information is
gathered from them.
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23. The solution is simple!
We need to learn the limitations of our smart devices
Lobby for new laws that better regulate how information is
gathered from them.
And, use our brains. 
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24. Credits
All images are licensed under the Creative Commons
agreement and sourced from flickr.
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