Comments on: Facebook Changes Cause Rift in Flow of Personal Information http://michaelzimmer.org/2006/09/06/facebook-changes-cause-rift-in-flow-of-personal-information/ 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: michaelzimmer.org » University Sororities Banning Facebook during Rush http://michaelzimmer.org/2006/09/06/facebook-changes-cause-rift-in-flow-of-personal-information/comment-page-1/#comment-157956 michaelzimmer.org » University Sororities Banning Facebook during Rush Sat, 24 Jan 2009 20:46:52 +0000 http://michaelzimmer.org/2006/09/06/facebook-changes-cause-rift-in-flow-of-personal-information/#comment-157956 [...] And the other? To maintain secrecy and confidentiality. Apparently, the National Panhellenic Conference disapproves of dirty rushing — “interaction with potential new members outside of rush during recruitment week” — which is ever so easy via Facebook, especially when information about others are fed too you automatically. [...] [...] And the other? To maintain secrecy and confidentiality. Apparently, the National Panhellenic Conference disapproves of dirty rushing — “interaction with potential new members outside of rush during recruitment week” — which is ever so easy via Facebook, especially when information about others are fed too you automatically. [...]

]]> By: Michael Zimmer http://michaelzimmer.org/2006/09/06/facebook-changes-cause-rift-in-flow-of-personal-information/comment-page-1/#comment-10515 Michael Zimmer Thu, 07 Sep 2006 22:26:20 +0000 http://michaelzimmer.org/2006/09/06/facebook-changes-cause-rift-in-flow-of-personal-information/#comment-10515 Precisely, Jordan. The ability to easily search public records online - the loss of "security through obscurity" is an excellent comparison. Precisely, Jordan. The ability to easily search public records online – the loss of “security through obscurity” is an excellent comparison.

]]> By: Jordan Boslego http://michaelzimmer.org/2006/09/06/facebook-changes-cause-rift-in-flow-of-personal-information/comment-page-1/#comment-10513 Jordan Boslego Thu, 07 Sep 2006 22:17:45 +0000 http://michaelzimmer.org/2006/09/06/facebook-changes-cause-rift-in-flow-of-personal-information/#comment-10513 I agree with you. Plenty of public records were available before the Internet, but it took time and energy to access them. Now, a Google search for a person's name can deliver in seconds what might previously have taken hours to uncover. Changes like these in "information flow", as you call it, have an enormous impact on privacy even if the data itself is the same. I agree with you. Plenty of public records were available before the Internet, but it took time and energy to access them. Now, a Google search for a person’s name can deliver in seconds what might previously have taken hours to uncover. Changes like these in “information flow”, as you call it, have an enormous impact on privacy even if the data itself is the same.

]]> By: Steve http://michaelzimmer.org/2006/09/06/facebook-changes-cause-rift-in-flow-of-personal-information/comment-page-1/#comment-10380 Steve Wed, 06 Sep 2006 21:59:44 +0000 http://michaelzimmer.org/2006/09/06/facebook-changes-cause-rift-in-flow-of-personal-information/#comment-10380 Here is a live counter of the number of people who have joined the "Students against Facebook News Feed" group on Facebook..... 300,000 and climbing http://digg.com/tech_news/Facebook_Stalker_City_Includes_LIVE_Counter Here is a live counter of the number of people who have joined the “Students against Facebook News Feed” group on Facebook….. 300,000 and climbing

http://digg.com/tech_news/Facebook_Stalker_City_Includes_LIVE_Counter

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