Abstract:
Many privacy and identity claims can be expressed in a "social identity graph”. In drawing the graph we consider a group of individuals (x) we have some social knowledge about. We then classify and examine the relationships (x) has with others, and consider who communicates with, has control over, or is controlled by (x). Clark argues this is a powerful way to express underlying identity and privacy issues when we express ‘who we are’ or ‘what we want to reveal about ourselves’. Clark believes we can use the approach to evaluate if a society or a government is able to monitor, mitigate, or punish alleged breaches of privacy and alleged "thefts" of identity.
