The topic of online privacy, seen as an extremely valuable but endangered commodity is
analyzed within the scope of recent developments.
Online privacy is a fundamental right of every individual, but at the same time it is not
easily defined or borderlined. As a result, it is under permanent threat for violation and
given the latest surveillance facts is one of the topics on top of the list of global interest
for more awareness and transparency.
The main thesis of this project is that individual users should try to keep an acceptable
level of privacy by applying practices that help him be as immune as possible to both
state and corporate arbitrariness.
After a n extensive literature review of surveillance, privacy and notions about modern
state and corporate monitoring, the key theories of technology acceptance are analyzed
and some modifications are proposed for connecting social psychology with tangible
results, with the use of some privacy and technology competence related survey tools.
The results of those tools are then analyzed to drive to the practical part of the project,
which is a simple wizard-like decision support system that helps the individual achieve
the maximum possible personal level of privacy, regarding his technology level and
habits.
Following this work, a number of additions should be applied so that it best integrates to
the future nature of online security problems related to the topic.
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