The San Francisco Chronicle reports that TiVo is collecting and selling data on what parts of broadcasts people are rewinding for review and what commercials they are skipping. Dubbed "StopWatch," this data-collection practice reflects the growing ease with which various…
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Web 2.0…Beyond E-text (Video)
Another slick video, courtesy of Michael Wesch and the Digital Ethnography group at Kansas State, revealing how Web 2.0 infrastructures represent a shift from "structure" to "content" in the flow of information, which forces us to rethink copyright, identity, ethics,…
Google’s Master Plan (Video)
Here's a slick video by some German students about privacy concerns with Google's ability to collect personal information. Little heavy on conspiracy theories (Google DNA?), and totally lacking in any theoretical analysis (that's what my dissertation is for), but nice…
Norway Investigates Google on Privacy
Pandia Search Engine News reports that the Norwegian Data Inspectorate, whose role is to protect persons from violation of their right to privacy through the processing of personal data, is investigating Google's information collecting practices. From Pandia's report: “Why do…
Recursive Surveillance
While we're all too familiar with how surveillance cameras are becoming ubiquitous, they are now also becoming recursive: CCTV to safeguard speed cameras
TrackStick: Amateur Surveillance
I just received a (spam) e-mail asking me if I'm interested in becoming a reseller of the TrackStick or TrackStick Pro. Um, no. TrackStick is a GPS tracking device featuring software integrated with Google Maps to enable tracking of oneself…
NYU Colloquium on Information Technology & Society Spring 2007 Schedule
The spring 2007 schedule for the Information Law Institute (NYU Law School) Colloquium on Information Technology & Society has been announced. I'm excited about the opportunity to moderate the panel on "A Discussion about Privacy in Web-Search" featuring Ramsey Homsany,…
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Google, Yahoo, Microsoft, Others to Address Human Rights Violations
An important press release came out this week regarding a coalition of Internet companies, IT providers, human rights organizations, and academics joining forces to address human rights violations enabled by technologies and practices by some of the member organizations, such…
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Google’s Recent Evil Doings
Nathan Weinberg outlines some recent actions by Google which arguably flow against their "Don't be evil" mantra: They ran “tips” above search results, basically ads for Google services on any remotely related search, ones that no one could compete with…
Cyber-shaming, Limited Privacy, and Contextual Integrity
I've been meaning to blog about the discussion at Concurring Opinions regarding the rise of "cyber-shaming" - the act of posting online elements of seemingly private conversations or events that you happened to overhear or witness. Examples include the posting…
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