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    LonelyGirl15 ID’d through Amateur Data-Mining

    Tuesday, September 12th, 2006

    It 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, 2006

    I’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, 2006

    Anders 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, 2006

    The 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, 2006

    The 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, 2006

    We’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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