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Comment on Research Ethics and the Blackberry Project by David Brake

David Brake — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 13:58:09 +0000

A good walk-through of the issues (think I will even suggest that it could be used as a case study for the latest AoIR ethics document). My only reservation would be your assertion that if people when prompted are concerned about their privacy that this is indistinguishable from unprompted privacy concern. There’s lots of evidence that people will get worried about lots of things once they are prompted to do so, even if “objectively” they needn’t be worried. Imagine, for example, taking people who had no notion that mobile phone radiation could be dangerous to health and telling them “many scientific studies have concluded that there is no connection between mobile phone radiation and health risks. Are you concerned about such risks?” I’ll bet you you would start to get some yeses.

Comment on AOL Search Log Profiles Unmasked by Research Ethics and the Blackberry Project | Michael Zimmer.org

Research Ethics and the Blackberry Project | Michael Zimmer.org — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 12:31:24 +0000

[...] names with ID numbers within the archive. Yet, considerable privacy concerns remain. There are plenty of cases where simply replacing names with ID numbers fails to provide sufficient anonymity, and [...]

Comment on Surveillance, Privacy and the Ethics of Vehicle Safety Communication Technologies by Values in Design of Future Internet Architecture | Michael Zimmer.org | The Architecture Services Blog

Thu, 19 Apr 2012 14:19:11 +0000

[...] values during the conception and design process. VID has been a motivating factor in my research on vehicle safety communication technologies, Web search engine privacy practices, and book digitization projects, just to name a few examples, [...]

Comment on Open Questions Remain in Facebook Censorship Flap by photo editor

photo editor — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 16:08:48 +0000

i thought gay relationships of any kind are not frowned upon in XXI century.
was i wrong? so many problems and hot discussions over a kiss of two people of same sex

Comment on I want my Google Data Privacy by More On Google « saveourprivacy

More On Google « saveourprivacy — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 02:11:46 +0000

[...] Google Data Privacy [...]

Comment on AdAge: Search Engine Ad Technologies Raise Privacy Concerns by Surveillance in Spheres of Mobility | blogonnymity

Surveillance in Spheres of Mobility | blogonnymity — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 13:29:18 +0000

[...] in the case, without public notice.) Similar concernshave arisen over commercial access to search engine histories as the vast databases of search histories held by [...]

Comment on What Happens to Your Facebook Data When You Leave? (Updated) by Anon

Anon — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 18:56:37 +0000

@Mira – Yeah, I also wanna know! This is the main reason why I’m considering deactivating my account….

Comment on Yale ISP: Symposium on Reputation Economies in Cyberspace by Information Society Series Book: The Reputation Society | Michael Zimmer.org

Tue, 24 Jan 2012 20:32:49 +0000

[...] book was inspired by the “Symposium on Reputation Economies in Cyberspace” I helped organize at the Yale Information Society Project in 2007, and I’m excited to [...]

Comment on TrackStick: Amateur Surveillance by carbonero

carbonero — Mon, 26 Dec 2011 06:38:26 +0000

Had to sue them in small claims before they would remove me from their spam.

Comment on Creating a Google-Free Zone by A note of thanks to Barry Brook | Lenz Blog

A note of thanks to Barry Brook | Lenz Blog — Sat, 10 Dec 2011 08:51:06 +0000

[...] I recall that in 2005 I actually tried to get my Google rank to zero, choosing integrity over traffic and search exposure. That was back in the days when this humble blog had a completely inflated page rank of 7. [...]