Privacy and Security Reflection: Impact of Smart Sensors, Wi-Fi Hotspots, Digital Identity, and Security & Privacy Control

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Table of Contents
1. Smart Sensors.........................................................................................................................2
2. Wi-Fi Hotspot.........................................................................................................................3
3. Digital identity.......................................................................................................................5
4. Security & Privacy Control....................................................................................................6
5. References..............................................................................................................................8

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1. Smart Sensors
The entire country will be impacted by the decision made by the country to install the
surveillance tools and techniques throughout the country in the process of developing a smart
sensor network. however, some specific groups of people are there who will be impacted by
the privacy concerns of the discussed Smart sensing networks. The commoners are the ones
who will be influenced by the discussed implementation and it is evident by a research study
published by the Journal & mass Communication Quarterly in 2016 (Turner, 2016). The
study was conducted on US citizens, however, they could be taken as reference to discuss
about the Australian citizens. Based on the research, it can be stated that the monitored
citizens oppress their feelings and this influence their general behaviour (Stoycheff, 2016).
Additionally, the creative people such as writers, artists and others also restricts themselves
from expressing their creativity because they believe they may come under surveillance. It
may also influence the social activists and the politicians who are not in power. The
surveillance will also enable those in power to analyse the personality of the citizens and
capable of influencing the personality of the voters as is evident from Facebook Cambridge
Analytica case (Boghosian, 2013). Some people are even considering the mass surveillance
as the death of democracy (Gürses, Kundnani & Van Hoboken, 2016).
The discussion above can be taken as base for the behavioural change among those
who will be under surveillance. The change in behaviour can be witnessed by the creative
people who stop pouring their thoughts on the paper or canvas and similar other forms due to
fear of gaining attention (Okika, Adum & Ekwugha, 2015). Though, it may also have certain
positive influence as the people will abide by the law and will also hesitate from any
unethical or illegal activity due to the cameras over their heads. However, it cannot be taken
as the only impact as the people will lose their freedom and ultimately will lose their
creativity, innovative and other crucial needs that would ultimately build a future for the

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country. Hence, privacy has also been considered as a basic right for the citizens and when it
is influenced the people lose the crucial skills that are necessary for a countries development.
There will be behavioural changes for the citizens and it will be affected on their
daily activities. The activities that they used to do before the installation of the smart sensors
may not be part of their surveillance life. The activities that they used to do for fun such as
smoking or chasing their friends or getting flirty with someone and other similar activities are
the ones that will be greatly influenced. They will restrict themselves from opening up and
exploring new approaches (Mahata & Phadikar, 2017). The discussed measures will also
introduce discipline in their life as due to the presence of smart network, the people will come
at time to catch the buses, use rubbish bins and abide by the traffic rules which is healthy in
nature. However, one of the most crucial issues that can greatly affect the privacy and
security is the trespassing of the discussed proposal If any cyber malefactor gains access to
the network servers that can use it to fulfil their personal agendas or even create a country
wise chaos which is undesirable.
2. Wi-Fi Hotspot
Wifi hotspots are one of the most disruptive technologies and is still in need of a lot of
improvements to ensure the security and privacy challenges. The technology affectionate
people will be the ones who will be affected by the deemed proposal. The reason associated
with the above stated statement lays base on the fact that those who are technology
affectionate they will enjoy the free wifi and that too at a greater speed. However, it cannot
be stated that the technology affectionate people are also do’s and don’ts of using public wifi
to keep themselves safe and secure. In case of trespassing of the Wi-Fi server the security and
privacy of the discussed subjects may get compromised (Acker & Bowler, 2017). The threat
of privacy and security is not limited to the technology affectionate people but will also affect
the people who accesses the network be it technology friendly or not.