http://michaelzimmer.org/2006/04/10/google-putting-your-traffic-data-to-use/ information ethics : privacy : new media : values in design : 2.0 Mon, 06 Feb 2012 18:56:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://michaelzimmer.org/2006/04/10/google-putting-your-traffic-data-to-use/comment-page-1/#comment-381 Michael Zimmer Wed, 12 Apr 2006 03:07:58 +0000 http://michaelzimmer.org/2006/04/10/google-putting-your-traffic-data-to-use/#comment-381 Adding one's particular location at a particular time to the other personal information in Google's databases raises the stakes when considering the ability for government or other third parties to gain access to this aggregated data. By requiring a login to access the wi-fi system, another piece of potentially-identifiable information is now flowing out of my control.. Adding one’s particular location at a particular time to the other personal information in Google’s databases raises the stakes when considering the ability for government or other third parties to gain access to this aggregated data. By requiring a login to access the wi-fi system, another piece of potentially-identifiable information is now flowing out of my control..

]]> http://michaelzimmer.org/2006/04/10/google-putting-your-traffic-data-to-use/comment-page-1/#comment-380 Anders Albrechtslund Tue, 11 Apr 2006 15:34:12 +0000 http://michaelzimmer.org/2006/04/10/google-putting-your-traffic-data-to-use/#comment-380 Indeed, very interesting... To include traffic in the algorithms seems to be an effective way of improving searching. Do you see any changes in regards to user privacy? I guess it is in accordance with their privacy policy (http://www.google.com/privacy.html), but does traffic-based searching algorithms perhaps alter the information connections and flows somehow? Indeed, very interesting… To include traffic in the algorithms seems to be an effective way of improving searching. Do you see any changes in regards to user privacy? I guess it is in accordance with their privacy policy (http://www.google.com/privacy.html), but does traffic-based searching algorithms perhaps alter the information connections and flows somehow?

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