Comments on: Obfuscation as a Solution to Web 2.0 Data-Mining Threat http://michaelzimmer.org/2006/06/11/obfuscation-as-a-solution-to-web-20-data-mining-threat/ information ethics : privacy : new media : values in design : 2.0 Thu, 26 Apr 2012 13:58:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Privacy Digest: Privacy News (Civil Rights, Encryption, Free Speech, Cryptography) http://michaelzimmer.org/2006/06/11/obfuscation-as-a-solution-to-web-20-data-mining-threat/comment-page-1/#comment-4232 Privacy Digest: Privacy News (Civil Rights, Encryption, Free Speech, Cryptography) Mon, 12 Jun 2006 15:42:17 +0000 http://michaelzimmer.org/2006/06/11/obfuscation-as-a-solution-to-web-20-data-mining-threat/#comment-4232 <strong>Obfuscation as a Solution to Web 2.0 Data-Mining Threat....</strong> ... Obfuscation as a Solution to Web 2.0 Data-Mining Threat….

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]]> By: Michael Zimmer http://michaelzimmer.org/2006/06/11/obfuscation-as-a-solution-to-web-20-data-mining-threat/comment-page-1/#comment-4222 Michael Zimmer Mon, 12 Jun 2006 02:37:45 +0000 http://michaelzimmer.org/2006/06/11/obfuscation-as-a-solution-to-web-20-data-mining-threat/#comment-4222 You're right Seth. I've been giving the supermarkets fake names & addresses for years in order to get the frequent shopper card discounts without giving them the ability to tie it all back to me. You’re right Seth. I’ve been giving the supermarkets fake names & addresses for years in order to get the frequent shopper card discounts without giving them the ability to tie it all back to me.

]]> By: Seth Finkelstein http://michaelzimmer.org/2006/06/11/obfuscation-as-a-solution-to-web-20-data-mining-threat/comment-page-1/#comment-4221 Seth Finkelstein Mon, 12 Jun 2006 02:30:28 +0000 http://michaelzimmer.org/2006/06/11/obfuscation-as-a-solution-to-web-20-data-mining-threat/#comment-4221 That's actually a very old idea - basically, that it's the individual's responsibility to create and guard a persistent identity for socializing which can't be linked to their job or off-line life. Unfortunately, it's way too complicated for 99% of users to do. But I cannot count how many times I've heard it from various people from various perspectives. That’s actually a very old idea – basically, that it’s the individual’s responsibility to create and guard a persistent identity for socializing which can’t be linked to their job or off-line life.

Unfortunately, it’s way too complicated for 99% of users to do.

But I cannot count how many times I’ve heard it from various people from various perspectives.

]]> By: Michael Zimmer http://michaelzimmer.org/2006/06/11/obfuscation-as-a-solution-to-web-20-data-mining-threat/comment-page-1/#comment-4212 Michael Zimmer Sun, 11 Jun 2006 21:50:06 +0000 http://michaelzimmer.org/2006/06/11/obfuscation-as-a-solution-to-web-20-data-mining-threat/#comment-4212 Yep, security via obscurity is long gone.... Yep, security via obscurity is long gone….

]]> By: David Brake http://michaelzimmer.org/2006/06/11/obfuscation-as-a-solution-to-web-20-data-mining-threat/comment-page-1/#comment-4211 David Brake Sun, 11 Jun 2006 21:39:24 +0000 http://michaelzimmer.org/2006/06/11/obfuscation-as-a-solution-to-web-20-data-mining-threat/#comment-4211 Alas many of the people I have interviewed or whose personal blogs I have come across feel that the sheer size of the Internet is sufficient to keep their blogs from being seen in the 'wrong' context and it is often difficult to get the people who are your peers to sign up so they can view things you wish to keep private using technological means. Alas many of the people I have interviewed or whose personal blogs I have come across feel that the sheer size of the Internet is sufficient to keep their blogs from being seen in the ‘wrong’ context and it is often difficult to get the people who are your peers to sign up so they can view things you wish to keep private using technological means.

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