Passenger Privacy Research Articles

Women at sea: modesty, privacy, and sexual misconduct of passengers and sailors aboard islamic ships

The article deals with the attitude of Islamic law towards the carriage of women by water and how Muslim judicial authorities viewed their presence on ships. It discusses the conditions under which women were carried, accommodated and treated, in addition to their personal and social behavior in ships. To apply Islamic religious ethics and navigational regulations during maritime journeys, jurists instructed owners of ships, crews, and passengers how to act in the event of an immoral behavior on the part of both or either party. Women could protect themselves against temptation and sexual harassment by dressing modestly, behaving properly, and traveling with ma h ram s. Even though this work focuses on the Islamic Mediterranean, the article briefly describes the punishment of sexual misconduct as established in the thirteenth century C.E. in Islamic Malay. Lastly, it touches the Islamic legal position on the transportation of Muslims aboard Christian ships.

Authenticating airline passengers

The events of 11 September 2001 sent a ripple of fear across the United States. The US government sought to alleviate the increased concerns by enforcing strict security in airports, government buildings and athletic stadiums; however, with any security there is a price. For airline passengers that price was long lines caused by multiple security checks placed throughout the nation's airport terminals. Also, security was infringing upon privacy and coming up with very few results. A secure method for authenticating airline passengers while allowing a certain level of privacy would need to be found. To provide security while maintaining privacy is the primary goal of Zero-knowledge. Zero-knowledge, as its name suggests, is an area of mathematics and computer science where the existence of a solution to a problem can be proved without giving away the solution. The goal is to create an application that could be run from any airport terminal to quickly and securely verify a passenger while preserving the passenger's privacy. The Zero-knowledge authentication protocol relies on a category of mathematics problems called NP-hard, where NP means non-probabilistic. The specific NP-hard problem used in this implementation is called the MinRank problem.

Don't Accept Rides from Strangers: The Supreme Court Hastens the Demise of Passenger Privacy in American Automobiles

Don't Accept Rides from Strangers: The Supreme Court Hastens the Demise of Passenger Privacy in American Automobiles