The NY Times has a feature today on the prevalence of GPS-enabled cell phones for the surveillance of one's kids. (Boost Mobile [page has audio] has also been pitching their GPS tracking features to adults so you can "know where…
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Entrenchment of Non-Privacy Norms Online
Gaia Bernstein, an Associate Professor at Seton Hall University School of Law (and guest blogger over at Law & Technology Theory) has a thoughtful post about how particular diffusion characteristics made the Internet vulnerable to the establishment of what she…
Consumers Willing to Trade Privacy for Personalization, Survey Says
A new study by ChoiceStream, a (surprise!) provider of online personalization products, announces their latest personalization survey reveals an increasing number of web users are willing to provide personal information in order to receive personalized services. From the summary at…
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IINW in First Monday
I am pleased to announce that selected papers from the “Identity and Identification in a Networked World” graduate student symposium held at New York University in September have been published in a special issue of First Monday. Here are titles…
Bendrath on the Politics of “Identity Governance”
Ralf Bendrath has a thoughtful post on Oracle's recently announced "Identity Governance Framework", a set of draft standards for sharing and controlling personally identifiable information across different systems and applications. He was particularly struck by the use of the term…
Windows Live Local Virtual Earth and Privacy in Public
A post on Slashdot recalls the discovery of an SUV filming the streets of San Francisco: Today as we were biking around our neighborhood in a small city we saw a strange vehicle slowly driving around. It appeared to be…
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Nike + iPod = Surveillance
Another example of the need for value-conscious design: Wired News summarizes a damning report from four University of Washington researchers that reveals how security flaws in the new RFID-powered Nike + iPod Sport Kit make it easy for tech-savvy stalkers,…
Fake (“Hot”) Friends for MySpace
Discourse.net discovered Fake Your Space, a service that for just 99 cents per month will provide users of MySpace and Facebook fake "hot" friends with custom messages. In their own words: FakeYourSpace is an exciting new service that enables normal…
On the Internet, everybody knows you’re a dog – Slate
Michael Kinsley has an amusing piece in Slate remarking on the fact that since so many people freely provide so much personal information on Web 2.0 and social networking sites, that now, On the Internet, everybody knows you're a dog:…
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Google Earth Boosts Social Activism in Bahrain
A student (thanks, Gui!) pointed me to this Financial Times story about how Google Earth is fueling the push towards a more egalitarian society now that poorer citizens can spy on the massive and extravagant properties of the wealthier class:…
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