Towards behavioral privacy: How to understand AI's privacy threats in ubiquitous computing

Eran Toch, Yoni Birman

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Abstract

Human behavior is increasingly sensed and recorded and used to create models that accurately predict the behavior of consumers, employees, and citizens. While behavioral models are important in many domains, the ability to predict individuals' behavior is in the focus of growing privacy concerns. The legal and technological measures for privacy do not adequately recognize and address the ability to infer behavior and traits. In this position paper, we first analyze the shortcoming of existing privacy theories in addressing AI's inferential abilities. We then point to legal and theoretical frameworks that can adequately describe the potential of AI to negatively affect people's privacy. We then present a technical privacy measure that can help bridge the divide between legal and technical thinking with respect to AI and privacy.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationUbiComp/ISWC 2018 - Adjunct Proceedings of the 2018 ACM International Joint Conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing and Proceedings of the 2018 ACM International Symposium on Wearable Computers
Pages931-936
Number of pages6
ISBN (Electronic)9781450359665
DOIs
StatePublished - 8 Oct 2018
Event2018 Joint ACM International Conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing, UbiComp 2018 and 2018 ACM International Symposium on Wearable Computers, ISWC 2018 - Singapore, Singapore
Duration: 8 Oct 201812 Oct 2018

Publication series

NameUbiComp/ISWC 2018 - Adjunct Proceedings of the 2018 ACM International Joint Conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing and Proceedings of the 2018 ACM International Symposium on Wearable Computers

Conference

Conference2018 Joint ACM International Conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing, UbiComp 2018 and 2018 ACM International Symposium on Wearable Computers, ISWC 2018
Country/TerritorySingapore
CitySingapore
Period8/10/1812/10/18

Keywords

  • Artificial intelligence
  • Machine learning
  • Privacy

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Software
  • Human-Computer Interaction
  • Information Systems

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