# Threat Modeling: Citizens Versus Systems

DevFeed: [Threat Modeling: Citizens Versus Systems](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/threat-modeling-citizens-versus-systems-37033.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://shostack.org/blog/threat-modeling-citizens-versus-systems/>)

Author: Adam

Published: 2018-03-08T00:00:00Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [Shostack & Friends Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/shostack-friends-blog.md>)

Topics: [systems](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/systems.md>), [data](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/data.md>)

Tags: [data](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/data.md>), [government](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/government.md>), [groups](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/groups.md>), [privacy](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/privacy.md>), [risk](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/risk.md>), [systems](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/systems.md>)

## AI overview

This commentary examines threat modeling centered on citizens and communities rather than only on the technologies they use. It discusses cataloging data collection, the difficulty of tracing secondary data flows, limited disclosure by organizations, and the need to account for different risk profiles, including those of immigrants and victims of intimate partner violence.

## Source excerpt

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