{"id":1712,"date":"2024-07-14T14:56:31","date_gmt":"2024-07-14T18:56:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lorrie.cranor.org\/blog\/?p=1712"},"modified":"2024-07-14T14:56:31","modified_gmt":"2024-07-14T18:56:31","slug":"signs-of-privacy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lorrie.cranor.org\/blog\/2024\/07\/14\/signs-of-privacy\/","title":{"rendered":"Signs of privacy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

My family has learned that when they travel with me I see messages about privacy (and usability) everywhere and must get out my camera or phone to document what I see. Those who have taken my classes know that I can’t get through a lecture without a photo of a road sign or awkward hotel bathroom<\/a>. On a recent trip to New York City with my husband and youngest daughter, I was quite pleased to find a large number of billboards appealing to the desire for more privacy along with some surveillance and warning signs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

VPNs and private browsers advertise everywhere now, including billboards on NYC buildings. This one emphasizes keeping thoughts private and preventing search engines from selling your information. I had never actually heard of this one despite my keen interest in these sorts of things, so I guess they finally found an effective way to reach me! It’s tough when your target audience uses ad blockers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Apple is a more well-known company that has been trying to emphasize the privacy-related aspects of its products for a while. My students and I have a paper at the Privacy Enhancing Technologies Symposium this summer that includes an analysis of an Apple privacy video ad<\/a>. I’m not entirely sure why there’s also an AT&T logo on the ad, but maybe because they sell the phone. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Later, on the same billboard was a privacy add from WhatsApp, which is owned by Meta.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I saw WhatsApp privacy billboards all over the city.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Of course, I also found messages about surveillance. Here’s a store that will help you spy on your loved ones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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And here’s a reminder that there are surveillance cameras in subway stations (and everywhere else in NYC).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Speaking of the subway…. Subway cars are a great place to find interesting warnings. I get a lot of funny looks when I photograph them on a crowded train, but that doesn’t stop me. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Walking between cars on a moving NYC subway train is actually a super dangerous thing to do and based on a quick glance at news reports it seems that someone dies doing this every couple of months. Apparently there is a disturbing trend of teens taking it a step further and climbing on the roof of moving subway cars to “subway surf” and the MTA has a whole campaign aimed at nipping that in the bud (which I saw briefly and then forgot to photograph). Anyway, I did photograph these two signs that take slightly different approach to convey the same message about not riding between cars. The first one illustrates with a pictogram what the danger is, while the other has a big red circle with a slash and informs you the practice is prohibited.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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