The Security of Self, livre ebook

The Security of Self: A Human-Centric Approach to Cybersecurity redefines what it means to be secure in the digital context—placing people at the centre of cybersecurity. Drawing on multidisciplinary expertise, it offers a nuanced exploration of how policy, law, technology, and human behaviour intersect to shape the future of cybersecurity.
Rather than only examine the concept through the lens of national security and organizational risks, as it often is, the authors explore a new human-centric approach to cybersecurity: the security of self. This perspective invites a paradigm shift where the core purpose is to protect people—and society—from harm, and where individual and collective rights defi ne what it means to provide a safe cyber
environment.
With a distinct Canadian focus and case studies spanning the Internet of Things, artificial intelligence, virtual reality and social media, the collection charts a path forward for cybersecurity, grounded in law, policy and practices that advance the security of self. It serves as a valuable resource for researchers, policymakers, regulators, and individuals seeking to understand and shape the future of human-centric cybersecurity.

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Acknowledgements
INTRODUCTION
Conceptualizing Security of Self
Emily B. Laidlaw and Florian Martin-Bariteau
PART I: REFRAMING CYBERSECURITY NARRATIVES
Chapter 1
Whose Security Are We Talking About Anyway?
The Case of Amazon Ring
Jane Bailey, Jacquelyn Burkell, and Kristen Thomasen
1.1. Technology-Facilitated Violence as a Matter of Cybersecurity
1.2. Internet-Connected Home “Security” Systems
1.3. Toward Harm-Centric Security Approaches
Chapter 2
Bringing Security Home: The Need for a Human-Centric
Approach to Securing Smart Homes
Matthew Bush and Atefeh Mashatan
2.1. Today’s Smart Home Systems
2.2. The Human Element in Smart Homes
2.3. Gap Analysis Between the State-of-the-Art and User Expectations
2.4. Toward Shared Responsibility and a Proactive Smart Home Security Framework
Chapter 3
The Vulnerability of Emerging Technologies of the Self:
A Critical Analysis of Virtual Reality Through Psychedelic
Self‑Hacking
Jordan Loewen-Colón, Sharday Mosurinjohn, and Amarnath Amarasingam
3.1. The Critical Vulnerabilities of the Self in Virtual Reality
3.2. Hacking from the Outside In
3.3. Hacking from the Inside Out: Foucault’s “Technologies of the Self”
3.4. Securing Technologies of the Self
Chapter 4
Developing Human-Centric Informational Security
Jonathon W. Penney
4.1. Information Manipulation as a Cybersecurity Threat
4.2. The Limits of the Existing Cybersecurity Paradigm
4.3. Framing Human-Centric Informational Security
4.4. Recommendations for Policy and Research
Chapter 5
The Technology-Facilitated Insecurity of Public and Private Selves
Chris Tenove and Heidi Tworek
5.1. Harassment, Technology-Facilitated Violence, and Cybersecurity
5.2. How Platforms Facilitate Insecurity and Harm
5.3. Systemic Suggestions to Address Technology‑Facilitated Insecurity
PART II: TOWARD THE SECURITY OF SELF
Chapter6
Achieving the Security of Self in Machine Learning: Empowering
Individuals Through Self-Security Enhancing Technologies
Sébastien Gambs
6.1. Machine Learning Privacy and Security
6.2. Auditing and Watermarking Data
6.3. Poisoning Data
6.4. Unlearning Data
6.5. Toward a New Machine Learning Security of Self Paradigm
Chapter 7
Addressing the Harms of Data Security Breaches
Teresa Scassa
7.1. Legislative Context
7.2. Class Action Lawsuits
7.3. Privacy Law and Class Actions
7.4. Private Right of Action
7.5. An Uncertain Future
Chapter8
Algorithmic Impact Assessment: From Risk Assessments to Community Research
Fenwick McKelvey, Nick Gertler, and Alex Megelas
8.1. Algorithmic Impact Assessments
8.2. Lessons Learned from the Limits of Canada’s AIA
8.3. Toward a Community-Based Approach
8.4. Enhancing the Security of Self with Community‑Based AIA
Chapter9
Securing Public Interest Cybersecurity Researchers in Canadian Universities
Adam Molnar
9.1. The University as a Locus for Public Interest Cybersecurity Research
9.2. The Ubiquitous Use of Computer Security Methods
9.3. Coordinated Vulnerability Reporting
9.4. Assessing the Legal Risk
9.5. Securing Research
Chapter 10
The Online Mutual Help Practices of Romance Fraud Victims
Pascale-Marie Cantin, Fyscillia Ream, and Benoît Dupont
10.1. Online Mutual Help
10.2. Data and Methods
10.3. Supporting Victims by Helping them Regain a Voice, Overcome Isolation, and Access Personal Advice
10.4. Identifying Fraudulent Profiles
10.5. Raising Awareness
10.6. Incentivizing and Regulating Mutual Help
Chapter 11
When Victims Strike Back: Online Fraud Victims’ Response to their Victimization
Fyscillia Ream, Akim Laniel-Lanani, and Benoît Dupont
11.1. Overview of Online Fraud Victimization
11.2. Vigilantism, Digilantism, and Online Victimization
11.3. Fighting Cyberfraud on Facebook
11.4. From Victim Blaming to Victim Empowerment
Biographies
Editors
Contributors