32 research outputs found
Security, Privacy'); DROP TABLE users; -- and Forced Trust in the Information Age?
In this study, we discuss forced trust in the context of information systems, information society and surveillance. Trust definitions and concepts pertinent to the discussion are examined and portrayed with case examples of forced trust in different situations that make up the information society. As the forced trust appears mostly in the governmental information systems, we reflected the concept from the security and privacy point-of-view that are important for the users of such systems in the current age of information. We portray the trust landscape of critical governmental information systems and discuss forced trust in the context of Internet infrastructure and mass surveillance. We provide a glimpse of an information society that combines security, trust, and privacy, while also providing discussion on what kind of trust dynamics such a utopia would require.</p
Exporting and labor demand : micro-level evidence from Germany
It is widely believed that globalization affcts the extent of employment and
wage responses to economic shocks. To provide evidence for this, we analyze
the effect of firms' exporting behavior on the elasticity of labor demand. Using
rich, German administrative linked employer-employee panel data from 1996
to 2008, we explicitly control for self-selection into exporting and endogeneity
concerns. In line with our theoretical model, we find that exporting at both
the intensive and extensive margins significantly increases the (absolute value
of the) unconditional own-wage labor demand elasticity. This is not only true
for the average worker, but also for different skill groups. For the median
firm, the elasticity is three-quarters higher when comparing exporting to nonexporting
firms
Security, privacy'); drop table users; - and forced trust in the information age? : When trusting an information system is not optional and why it matters
In this study, we discuss forced trust in the context of information systems, information society and surveillance. Trust definitions and concepts pertinent to the discussion are examined and portrayed with case examples of forced trust in different situations that are central to the information society. As forced trust appears mostly in governmental information systems, we reflect the concept from security and privacy point-of-view, concepts that are important for users of such systems in the current age of information. We portray the trust landscape of critical governmental information systems and discuss forced trust also in the context of Internet infrastructure and mass surveillance. We provide a glimpse of an information society that combines security, trust, and privacy, while also providing discussion on what kind of trust dynamics such a utopia would require.acceptedVersionNon peer reviewe