Tag Archives: privacy

Tweet into meaning

Posted on August 15, 2010 by Karl

Sociologist Erving Goffmanll said that all of life is performance, and Peggy Orenstein in the NYTimes says that Twitter is a new stage. Jeff Jarvis is getting ready to write a book about “abundant publicness” and some of the thoughts … Continue reading →

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A few recent thought provokers on living the linked life

Posted on January 23, 2010 by Karl

Bruce Schneier: Privacy in the Age of Persistence: We must, all of us together, start discussing this major societal change and what it means. And we must work out a way to create a future that our grandchildren will be … Continue reading →

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Can Facebook updates can affect your credit report?

Posted on January 18, 2010 by Karl

That’s what Erica Sandberg says for the San Francisco Chronicle on their personal finance blog. Watch your settings, and watch what you share. Update: Read Write Web: The Facebook Privacy Debate: What You Need to Know

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danah boyd On Facebook, Class, Privacy, and Public-ness

Posted on January 18, 2010 by Karl

danah boyd: “Facebook’s move ain’t about changes in privacy norms” Public-ness has always been a privilege. For a long time, only a few chosen few got to be public figures. Now we’ve changed the equation and anyone can theoretically be … Continue reading →

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Facebook’s founder says age of privacy is over

Posted on January 10, 2010 by Karl

ReadWriteWeb has the news and some related thoughts.

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Game teaches teenagers about dangerous social media use

Posted on September 19, 2009 by Karl

Smokescreen is a privacy and data sharing awareness game for teenagers. via Boing Boing.

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Privacy’s not dead

Posted on June 20, 2009 by Karl

for Steve Jobs

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There’s a paradox at work – Social Software and Media links for Thursday

Posted on February 5, 2009 by Karl

Clay Shirky: Help, the Price of Information Has Fallen, and It Can’t Get Up The interesting thing about this piece, written way back in 1995, is that it leaves wide open the concept of information. Just what is information? People … Continue reading →

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Living in the public – not there yet

Posted on November 25, 2008 by Karl

Jeff Jarvis: The perils of publicness: There’s an old social norm at work here that is, I think, an extension of old media, which says: You put yourself out there, so you put yourself at risk for getting attacked. This … Continue reading →

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Social Software Links: Activism and Privacy Edition

Posted on October 19, 2008 by Karl

Penny Arcade! posted a comic that summarizes what many think of online anonymity and the Internet: John Gabriel’s Greater Internet Fuckwad Theory: Normal Person + Anonymity + Audience = Total Fuckwad. Up until the past few weeks, I would have … Continue reading →

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