Category Archives for Privacy
★ Money, Freedom or Privacy: what do we prefer to give away?
Marco Arment compares claims that Apple, Google, and Facebook keep telling their users, and concludes: Everyone has their bullshit. You can simply decide whose you’re willing to tolerate. Each of these companies’ business models takes something from us — we … Continue reading
→ Most Facebook Users Don’t Understand Privacy Settings
Not a big surprise… (some even say this is intentional). And another interesting bit: Google+ in particular was billed as the answer to selective sharing, with its Circles highlighted much more strongly than Facebook’s analogous features.
→ Designing systems for transparency robustness – Joi Ito’s Web
Joi Ito, the MIT media lab‘s new Director, on how we should shape the future of transparency to gear it more towards public, less towards private: Public figures and institutions in power should be forced to be transparent and private … Continue reading
★ Optimistic Trust and Transparency
Louis Gray has an interesting, thought-provoking post on his optimistic approach to privacy (or rather, to a growing lack thereof): We live in a world with many imperfect people, and some really bad ones. That’s no question. But I don’t … Continue reading
★ Facebook is Accelerating its Commoditization
We are seeing more and more industry leaders move away from Facebook — ReadWriteWeb has a good write-up: A number of high-profile web industry leaders have quit Facebook this week, a turn of events that’s sure to heat up conversation … Continue reading