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Pervasive Computing – A Case for the Precautionary Principle?

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Security in Pervasive Computing (SPC 2005)

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The Precautionary Principle aims to anticipate and minimize potentially serious or irreversible risks under conditions of uncertainty. It has been incorporated into many international treaties and pieces of national legislation for environmental protection and sustainable development. However the precautionary principle has not yet been applied systematically to novel Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs).

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Hilty, L.M. (2005). Pervasive Computing – A Case for the Precautionary Principle?. In: Hutter, D., Ullmann, M. (eds) Security in Pervasive Computing. SPC 2005. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 3450. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-32004-3_1

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