A presentation based on my book "American Privacy" that I delivered to the Genesis Client Forum in Chicago, IL on April 10, 2014.

1. American Privacy
Frederick S. Lane
Genesis Client Forum
Chicago, IL
10 April 2014
The 400-Year History of Our Most Contested Right

2. Professional Background
• Author of 7 Books, including:
– Obscene Profits
– The Naked Employee
– The DecencyWars
– The Court and the Cross
– Cybertraps for theYoung
• Lecturer/Educational
Consultant for Higher Ed,
School Districts, and PTAs
• Attorney/Expert Witness in
the Field of Computer
Forensics
• Former Chairman of the
Burlington (VT) School Board

3. “So That A Man Can Stand Up”

4. The 4th Amendment
The right of the people to be secure in
their persons, houses, papers, and
effects, against unreasonable searches
and seizures, shall not be violated, and
no Warrants shall issue, but upon
probable cause, supported by Oath or
affirmation, and particularly describing
the place to be searched, and the
persons or things to be seized.

5. “Kodak Fiends” (1880s)

6. “The Right to Privacy” (1890)

7. “Data Mining” (1890)

8. “Wish You Were Here” (1893)

9. Omni Privati in Tres Partes
Divisa Est
Anonymity / Memory Decay
Modesty
Control

10. Social Security (1936)

11. IBM 701 (1956)

12. Convenience Erodes Privacy (1950s)

13. The Digital Revolution (1977-1981)

14. The World Wide Web (1983)

15. I Invented the Web for This?

16. Google (1996)

17. The Evolution of Telephone Calls

18. No Secrets Anymore (2004-05)

19. All Your Data Are Belong to Us

20. Self-Inflicted Privacy Wounds

21. Facial Recognition (1949)

22. Facial Recognition (2012)

23. Can Privacy Be Resuscitated?
“He’s Dead, Jim”
Privacy - The Red Shirt of Our Rights
We Are Our Own Worst Enemies
Legislation Need to Reassert Control

24. American Privacy
Frederick S. Lane
Genesis Client Forum
Chicago, IL
10 April 2014
The 400-Year History of Our Most Contested Right