# Risks

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DPI systems comprise standards (including protocols), technological systems and services that operate at the intersection of individuals on the one hand, and public and private entities that hold institutionalized political and economic power, on the other. Risks therefore derive from failures and inadequacies in the overarching legal, regulatory and ethical (normative) frameworks in which they operate, encompassing all organizations and stakeholders that have a role related to DPI service delivery. Risks also lie within the technological systems themselves.&#x20;

RS1. Privacy vulnerability

RS2. Digital insecurity

RS3. Physical insecurity

RS4. Lack of recourse

RI1. Discrimination

RI2. Unequal access

RI3. Exclusion

RI4. Disempowerment

SV1. Digital distrust

SV2. Weak rule of law

SV3. Weak institutions

SV4. Technical shortcomings

SV5. Unsustainability


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