Archive for the 'Amateur data mining' Category
LonelyGirl15 ID’d through Amateur Data-Mining
Tuesday, September 12th, 2006It was recently revealed (confirmed?) that the popular online video diaries of LonelyGirl15 were not authentic, but a publicity stunt of entertainment folks linked to Hollywood talent agency CAA. Today, the real identity of LonelyGirl15 has also been revealed, mostly through some simple amateur data-mining posted at LG15.com:
I was surfing the article on […]
Peer-to-peer surveillance
Saturday, September 9th, 2006I’ve commented about some of the privacy & surveillance implications of adding location meta tags in photos, everyone snapping photos in public with their cellphone cameras, and the rise of amateur surveillance and data-mining. Many of these concerns are repeated in an essay on the Guardian warning of the growing dangers of peer-to-peer surveillance, defined […]
Critical Perspectives on Social Software and Web 2.0
Wednesday, September 6th, 2006Anders Albrechtslund has organized an amazing Social Software and Web 2.0: Critical Perspectives and Challenges for Research and Business seminar and workshop hosted by Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark on October 6, 2006:
Social software and Web 2.0 are concepts (or buzzwords) that have been used in order to capture recent developments on the Internet. Websites such […]
Amateur Data Mining in Google Calendar
Monday, September 4th, 2006The Dumb Little Man blog reveals how easy it can be to figure out who a person is, where they live, and what their daily routine & activities are by simply searching through public online calendars (like Google Calendar) and some simple searches or 411 calls.
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More Amateur Surveillance and Data Mining
Friday, August 4th, 2006The latest amateur surveillance and data mining story stars a suburban mom upset about the house being toilet-papered by area teens. She didn’t want to involve the police, so she took the following steps:
She canvassed local stores to see which one had a run on toilet paper, and discovered that at one store, someone bought […]
More Amateur Surveillance: License Plate Scanning
Tuesday, July 25th, 2006We’ve seem to have recently turned a corner where advanced surveillance & data mining technologies are now increasingly marketed to everyday people. Wired News reports on a new vehicle license plate scanning and tracking that is being pitched to more than just law enforcement needs:
Bucholz, who designed some of the first mobile license plate reading, […]
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