Presented at
The Eleventh HOPE (2016),
July 24, 2016, 11 a.m.
(60 minutes)
A report on the new LinkNYC kiosks' origins, legislation, design, manufacture, installation, and operation, along with the civil liberties threat they pose and options we can implement to inhibit and avoid their spying capabilities.
Presenters:
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Mariko Hirose
Mariko Hirose is a senior staff attorney at the New York Civil Liberties Union, where she has worked on issues involving free speech, privacy, government transparency, and criminal justice. She previously served as a fellow at the Speech, Privacy, and Technology Project of the American Civil Liberties Union. She is also an adjunct professor at the Fordham University School of Law, where she teaches a course on privacy and surveillance in the digital age. Mariko is a graduate of Yale University and Stanford Law School.
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Benjamin Dean
Benjamin Dean is a fellow for cyber-security and Internet governance at Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA). An economist by training, his research focuses on the economics of information, privacy, and data security. Benjamin worked on technology policy for three years in Paris, France, at the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). An Australian national, he has lived and worked in China, India, Bhutan, France, Venezuela, and the United States.
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