Need for Value-Sensitive Design of Fingerprinting Systems at Disney

Ed Felton discusses issues of privacy, price discrimination, and identification related to Disney World's reported use of fingerprinting (some say its only finger/hand geometry) to make sure people aren't selling their multi-day passes to third parties. Prof. Felton questions whether…

Papers on Privacy and Vehicle Safety Communication Technologies

I am on my way to The Netherlands to particpate in two exciting conferences. I will be presenting my paper "Surveillance, Privacy and the Ethics of Vehicle Safety Communication Technologies" [PDF] at the International Conference of Computer Ethics: Philosophical Enquiry.…

DaimlerChrysler Demonstrates DSRC Vehicle-to-Vehicle Communication

DaimlerChrysler has made the first public demonstration of a DSRC-based vehicle-to-vehicle communication application. From the press release:Cars equipped with DSRC can communicate directly with one another, also making it possible to transmit braking signals back over several vehicles, giving drivers…