Privacy on the Internet

The Internet has revolutionized how we communicate, allowing sharing without limits or boundaries of information. However, with the appetite of new businesses came to enjoy this windfall, it is not surprising that privacy and security were the big losers of this revolution. The considerable increase in acts of violation of privacy and security since the birth of the Internet illustrates this alarming trend.

The right to privacy is not confined to the freedom not to be disturbed and interrupted in its activities. The power to exercise control over our personal information is an essential aspect of this fundamental right. In the digital age, where the collection of personal data is of great value, protection of privacy is more and more important.

For me, there are four things we must give importance when we talk about protection of privacy on the Internet:

- Anonymity is impossible (for other users) to determine the true name of the user associated with a subject, an operation, an object.

- Pseudonymity: as above, except that the user can be held accountable.

- Non-chaînabilité: impossibility (for other users) to link different operations performed by the same user.

- Unobservability: impossible (for other users) to determine whether an operation is underway.