Whose Privacy, What Surveillance? Dimensions of the Mental Models for Privacy and Security

Ethics in cybersecurity is
traditionally considered in terms of computer and information ethics and, more recently, cyber warfare
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–


[4]
. Although these remain the dominant paradigms there has been growing dissatisfaction with the adequacy of the warfare metaphor in capturing the social and ethical features of arrangementes of cybersecurity and as a means to inform design
[5]
,
[6]
. The result has been an increased focus on a distinct ethics of cybersecurity
[7]
,
[8]
. Complimenting ethical analyses, social cognitive factors that affect users must also be taken into account
[9]
. For instance, security issues are based on the concepts of identity, social relationships, and the networks that define them (e.g.,
[10]
).