Smart
Phones Are Changing Real World Privacy Settings
Thursday,
May 10, 2012
TAU
research finds that smart phone users develop new concepts of privacy in public
spaces
With
endless applications, high-speed wireless Internet access, and free messaging
services, smart phones have revolutionized the way we communicate. But at what
cost? According to researchers at Tel Aviv University, the smart phone is
challenging traditional conceptions of privacy, especially in the public
sphere.
Dr. Tali
Hatuka of TAU's Department of Geography and Dr. Eran Toch of TAU's Department
of Industrial Engineering have teamed to measure the impact of the smart phone
phenomenon on privacy, behavioral codes, and the use of public space. Their
early results indicate that although spaces such as city squares, parks, or
transportation were once seen as public meeting points, smart phone users are
more and more caught up in their technology-based communications devices than
their immediate surroundings.
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