I've been on vacation the past week, and am now in attendance at the Surveillance Seminar run by David Lyon at Queens University, so I've been offline a bit and out of touch of many recent important events regarding Google…
Month: June 2007
Google’s Peter Fleischer is Dangerously Misleading on Privacy and Personalized Search
I'm supposed to be on vacation this week, but felt compelled to blog about this... There has been increased attention lately about Google's data retention policies and the impact its drive towards personalization might have on user privacy. In response,…
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Google & FeedBurner
I haven't had a chance to think long and hard yet about Google's recent decision to acquire FeedBurner, and I'm sure most reactions will center on how this provides Google yet another medium to deliver contextual ads. But my first…
Completion
I’m pleased to announce that I have successfully defended my dissertation, “The Quest for the Perfect Search Engine: Values, Technical Design, and the Flow of Personal Information in Spheres of Mobility.” Thanks to everyone for their help and support. (blogging…
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