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The Cyber Age Privacy Doctrine “Cube”

Big Brother

High Volume, High Volume,
Low Sensitivity, High Sensitivity,
High Cybernation High Cybernation
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Low Cybernation Low Cybernation
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Low Sensitivity,
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Low Sensitivity,
High Sensitivity,
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1. Low Volume, Low Sensitivity, No Cybernation: Tollbooths
2. Volume, Low Sensitivity, Low Cybernation: Collection of phone records
3. Low Volume, Low Sensitivity, High Cybernation: Household purchases of specific, routine
consumer goods
4. Low Volume, High Sensitivity, Low Cybernation: Airport screening devices that reveal the body
5. High Volume, Low Sensitivity, High Cybernation: Select cloud storage
6. High Volume, High Sensitivity, Low Cybernation: Health records
7. Low Volume, High Sensitivity, High Cybernation: Leaks of the names of CIA agents
8. High Volume, High Sensitivity, High Cybernation: The sale of data brokers’ “dossiers” to the
government
be an a priori permission to proceed. In colloquial terms, one might say
that “you do not have to love it to allow it.”) Courts should allow the collec-
tion of such personal information and Congress should pass laws along the
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same lines. Examples include tollbooths, license plate readers, police
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body cameras, airport screening gates, breathalyzers, general traffic
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stops, random mandatory drug testing, health and safety inspections,
and many others. (Note that components of all of these examples have been
contested by civil libertarians.)