social networks and privacy/security
Annalee has a new article out in Security Force about security, privacy and social network. It’s a nice blend of the technological and social concerns that emerge in social networks software.
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privacy & friendster
The Wall Street Journal published an article today entitled “Having Lots of Online Friends Could Mean Privacy Trouble.” The article articulates some of the institutional privacy concerns that some users do have and suggests that more users should have. Now, i do believe in privacy concerns and i’m genuinely worried about institutional misuses of private […]
ubicomp, privacy and vulnerability
I wrote an entry for misbehaving on ubicomp, privacy and vulnerability, but forgot to link it here.
Are friends the key to privacy?
I’m With Stupid: How Having Friends Might Be the Key to Both Privacy and Identity is a great article by Robert X. Cringely. In it, he addresses what the key questions are when we talk about privacy and identity. He teases apart the difference between “is this accurate data” and “are you who you say […]
unpacking privacy
For the record, Palen and Dourish do an amazing job at unpacking some of the privacy concerns that researchers in the CHI community must consider.
Balancing Data Needs And Privacy
Balancing Data Needs And Privacy… Somehow, folks never come up with a balancing act that makes me feel safe and secure. Of course, it’s not terrorists that i’m worried about, but the rabid intolerant, xenophobic American culture. And perhaps my government. But, perhaps they could be called terrorists. Hmmm… perhaps we need data about our […]
privacy deteriotation does not create security
I’ve been very cranky with the whole proposed TIA/Capps II/Patriot II (surprise). One of my main frustrations with this proposed legislation is that most actions will not actually provide security, but will simply eliminate privacy in a way that it will never be returned. We will continue our path towards the Panopticon like a skateboard […]
how privacy conscious is Amazon?
What Amazon Knows, Amazon Keeps. Amazon changed its privacy policy again to appease the state… Yet, there is still no overriding regulations on how companies can use the data that they collect. And Amazon certainly has quite a bit of potentially problematic privacy information.
new florida adoption law destroys privacy of birth mothers
A new Florida law requires women who want to give their unborn up for adoption to publish their sexual histories in the local newspapers of the town in which the child was conceived. “When women come into my office and find their whole lives have to be exposed in the newspaper, they are like, ‘Forget […]
burning man & privacy
An interesting lawsuit has emerged. Burning Man folks are suing a company called Voyeur Video for selling videos of naked women at Burning Man. It’s not just my love of BM that makes this interesting, but what it means to be in public/private. Here’s a big big festival on public land run by a private […]