Yet another post on privacy, data mining, etc.

Doing a little tag surfing in the privacy category, I ran across a post by someone who is requesting to be stalked on the internet. I kid you not.

Please be so kind as to stalk me on the Internet and report your findings

IMO, this is just begging for trouble, but hey… I did find an interesting article by Cory Doctorow along the way- called Personal data is as hot as nuclear waste. Thanks for the tip, Heather.

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3 Responses to “Yet another post on privacy, data mining, etc.”

  1. Heather Says:
    March 10, 2008 at 12:41 pm | Reply

    The “asking for trouble” bit is exactly the point.

    Others may not be explicitly requesting to be stalked, but this information is out there, ready for the taking, and in many cases we’re the ones publishing it (i.e. my full DOB is on my Facebook profile). I’ll make another post on this in the near future, but aside from exploring the nature of online identity, the main goal is to start a dialogue about privacy. This next generation of users, in particular, seems blissfully unaware of the consequences of something as seemingly innocent as sending out a party invite on MySpace (though some recent incidents with significant press may change that) or posting drunken photos of yourself on FB.

    Again, more on all this soon. In the meantime, you can check out some of the stuff we’ve been discussing in my sousveillance class by searching for links tagged “itp_sousveillance” on delicious.

  2. wecanchangetheworld Says:
    March 10, 2008 at 12:57 pm | Reply

    I don’t disagree with what you are saying in terms of the “already out there and ready for the taking”. I’m just recalling stories about the company founder who got burned by posting his actual SSN on his “security site” (can’t think of the link ATM) and the more recent ID theft scoffer who got burned with charity donations being made from his account when he foolishly thought that no one would be able to withdraw money with the information he published. The information IS out there, but these types of cases do act as a bit of a lightning rod. But then, you’re a risk taker. http://journalism.indiana.edu/archive/hsji/showcase/archives/2001/awards/07.21-25.01.html I’ll check more on the course. I took a look at the teacher’s blog earlier and it looks like an interesting class.

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