A number of years ago, Daniel Howe and Helen Nissenbaum at New York University developed and released TrackMeNot, a lightweight Firefox browser extension that protects users against search data profiling by issuing randomized queries to popular search-engines with fake data.…
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The School of Information Studies and the Center for Information Policy Research at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee are accepting applications for a postdoctoral fellow in information policy for 2011-2012. All applicable research areas are encouraged to apply, but preference will be given to applicants whose work investigates the intersections of information policy, intellectual property, intellectual freedom, governance, power, and identity.
I'm pleased to announce that the first book in the MIT Press "Information Society Series" I am co-editing with Laura DeNardis has been released: Interfaces on Trial 2.0 By Jonathan Band and Masanobu Katoh March 2011 ISBN-10: 0-262-01500-5 ISBN-13: 978-0-262-01500-4…
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I'm thrilled to announce (a bit late) that I have been appointed co-director of UW-Milwaukee's Center for Information Policy Research (along with my colleague Dr. Joyce Latham). (We are picking up the reins from our friend Dr. Elizabeth Buchanan, who…
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A slight diversion from the normal content of this blog, I'd like to take just a moment to highlight the protests here in Wisconsin against Gov. Scott Walker's desire to eliminate most collective bargaining rights of most public employees. (Note:…
On February 24th, the 4th Street Forum, a nonpartisan, moderated discussion program broadcast twice weekly by Milwaukee Public Television, is taping a show on "Privacy: Checking You Out", where I'll be a member of the expert panel. If you're near…
Building from the successful event on Minding the Gaps: WikiLeaks and Internet Security in the 21st Century held at UW-Milwaukee, I will be joining my colleague Dr. Joyce Latham to discuss Intellectual Freedom vs. WikiLeaks at the Brookfield Public Library…
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Recently, a Facebook dataset was released consisting of the complete set of users from the Facebook networks at 100 American institutions, and all of the in-network “friendship” links between those users as they existed at a single moment of time in September 2005. Surprisingly, it initially included each users unique Facebook ID, meaning the presumed "anonymous" dataset could be easily re-identified, potentially putting the personal information of 1.2 million Facebook users at risk.
If you're in Milwaukee on February 4, please join us for this event organized by UW-Milwaukee's Center for 21st Century Studies, and co-sponsored by the Center for Information Policy Research. Full details here. Minding the Gaps: WikiLeaks and Internet Security…
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I'm pleased to announce that the publication of The Next Digital Decade: Essays on the Future of the Internet—a unique collaboration among 26 thought leaders on Internet law, philosophy, policy and economics from a wide variety of perspectives. I feel…
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