Posts Tagged with "privacy"
Protecting Against Identity Theft and Personal Data Loss
It amazes me that credit card companies, banks and other large organizations that have mountains of my personal data still cold call me to do telemarketing. Why? Because the number of calls I get from illegitimate fraudsters probably equals or exceeds the number of legitimate telemarketing calls I get from those companies with whom I [...]
Continue reading...Citizen Lab, Where the Internet is an Open Public Commons
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
Citizen Lab is a great site to troll if you’re at all interested in cyberactivism. Centered at the University of Toronto’s Munk Centre for International Studies, this group, directed by Ronald J. Deibert, endorses the strong normative claim that the Internet ought to be “protected and preserved” as an “open public commons”. In addition to publishing [...]
Continue reading...Smile, You’re On Google Images
Friday, October 23, 2009
I recently Googled myself. Admit it, you have too. This time I decided to check the Google Image results and I noticed that my Facebook profile pictures are appearing as top hits in the search results. This raises interesting concerns for anyone who thought their profile pics were somehow restricted to being viewed as search [...]
Continue reading...The Uselessness of Human Dignity
Sunday, April 26, 2009
Human dignity is often hailed as a reason to do such and such. But it is conspicuously available as a argumentative foundation to any side of an issue. This raises the question whether or not it is a useful concept, or fit for the bin.
Continue reading...New Book on Privacy in a Networked Society
Friday, April 17, 2009
Lessons From the Identity Trail The long awaited (by some) book, Lessons From the Identity Trail: Anonymity, Privacy and Identity In a Networked Society, has finally been released by Oxford University Press. It is released under a creative commons license, which means you can download it for free. This is a first for Oxford University Press. I will [...]
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