http://michaelzimmer.org/2006/10/15/nyt-planet-google-wants-you/ information ethics : new media : privacy : values in design : 2.0 Sat, 20 Mar 2010 01:46:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://michaelzimmer.org/2006/10/15/nyt-planet-google-wants-you/comment-page-1/#comment-160351 michaelzimmer.org » Google Dashboard: Convenient? Yes. Transparency, Choice and Control? Not so much. Fri, 06 Nov 2009 01:04:36 +0000 http://michaelzimmer.org/2006/10/15/nyt-planet-google-wants-you/#comment-160351 [...] Privacy center where users can see exactly what data Google has collected about them from their expansive infrastructure of dataveillance, edit or remove this data from Google’s servers, and make other necessary adjustments of [...] [...] Privacy center where users can see exactly what data Google has collected about them from their expansive infrastructure of dataveillance, edit or remove this data from Google’s servers, and make other necessary adjustments of [...]

]]> http://michaelzimmer.org/2006/10/15/nyt-planet-google-wants-you/comment-page-1/#comment-17017 Michael Zimmer Mon, 16 Oct 2006 07:27:25 +0000 http://michaelzimmer.org/2006/10/15/nyt-planet-google-wants-you/#comment-17017 Jordan - You're right. I think a good project would be to look historically at the earlier ISPs and their data-retention policies. One key difference, though, is that much more of your daily activities are done online now that in the 80s and 90s. So the breadth of data being collected is much greater. Jordan – You’re right. I think a good project would be to look historically at the earlier ISPs and their data-retention policies. One key difference, though, is that much more of your daily activities are done online now that in the 80s and 90s. So the breadth of data being collected is much greater.

]]> http://michaelzimmer.org/2006/10/15/nyt-planet-google-wants-you/comment-page-1/#comment-16939 Jordan Boslego Sun, 15 Oct 2006 18:25:42 +0000 http://michaelzimmer.org/2006/10/15/nyt-planet-google-wants-you/#comment-16939 America Online was synonymous with the Internet several years ago, for many people. As the service provider as well as the service, they were (at least theoretically) able collect even more information than Google can now. It's my guess that they threw a lot of this data out, whereas Google realizes the power of compiling it. America Online was synonymous with the Internet several years ago, for many people. As the service provider as well as the service, they were (at least theoretically) able collect even more information than Google can now. It’s my guess that they threw a lot of this data out, whereas Google realizes the power of compiling it.

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