Building the Anti-Big Brother

Presented at The Fifth HOPE (2004), July 10, 2004, 11 a.m. (60 minutes).

This will be a talk on how databases can do useful work and serve society without storing any personal information. For the past several years, Peter has been exploring how banks, stores, and businesses everywhere can offer their customers personalized service without keeping personal data about them where it can be abused by nefarious insiders or malicious outsiders. Building these systems requires more of a change in attitude than a change in technology because all of the solutions use standard encryption tools as a foundation. Topics will include how to build these systems and when they can help make the world a safer, saner place.

Presenters:

• Peter Wayner
  Peter Wayner is the author of 13 books including Translucent Databases, an exploration of how databases can do useful work while protecting privacy, and Policing Online Games, a book exploring how P2P networks can enforce rules and prevent cheating. He's also a frequent contributor to publications like The New York Times, Wired, and BYTE.

Links:

• http://v.hope.net/hoop/5hope_speakers.khtml#panel005
• https://infocon.org/cons/2600/The Fifth HOPE (2004)/The Fifth HOPE (2004) - Building the Anti-Big Brother.mp4
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iq-FaOBjlWY

Similar Presentations:

• HOPE Number Six (2006) / Building the Anti-Big Brother Databases
• DEF CON 7 (1999) / Personal Privacy and big brother databases