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Privacy and security are often talked about in very different ways, yet they are two sides of the same coin.
Both are critical in our modern world but often overlooked. Both are critical to ensuring that the digital world is safe and works as intended. Both are often reasonably understood by people but a lot of the nuance and important pieces are lost in that glazed over understanding.
Dictionary Definitions
Dictionary definitions are rarely useful in reality but here they may serve a purpose. Though honestly I feel like a seventh grader starting off an awkward public speaking assignment.
Privacy is the state or condition of being free from being observed or disturbed by other people.
Reading that definition and it’s understandable why people often react to privacy issues either in full support or with the cliched, “I’m not worried, I have nothing to hide.”
On the other hand, security is defined as the state of being free from danger or threat.
Now why am I making the claim that these two concepts are intertwined?
Privacy Requirement
A critical part of privacy and specifically digital privacy is intention.
