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We have emerged as a new species. We have become digital beings whose lives are closely anchored to digital objects: Deep learning, artificial intelligence, and behavioral analytics are no longer buzz words; they are part of our new reality. From a security and privacy perspective, there are new and different considerations. That’s why it’s fitting to focus on the concept of Homo Digitus, which I first learned about in “The creative destruction of medicine: How the digital revolution will create better health care,” by Eric Topol, and more recently highlighted as a Gigaom conference theme.
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de Souza, E. (2018). The Era of Homo Digitus. In: Christofferson, D. (eds) Women in Security. Women in Engineering and Science. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-57795-1_4
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