Author Archives: Christopher
Creeping Towards a State of Surveillance
An announcement for my forthcoming talk entitled “Creeping Towards a State of Surveillance.” In the talk I’ll be providing an introduction to the gravity and nuances of surveillance legislation and disclosing some of the ‘tricks’ that are used to acquire considerable amounts of personal information by exploiting citizens’ ignorance of contemporary policing activities. Continue reading
Review of The Googlization of Everything
Ultimately, while Vaidhyanathan offers insight into Google itself – its processes, products, and implications of using the companies systems – he is less successful in digging deeply into the nature of technology and Google at a theoretical level. This leaves the reader with an empirical understanding of the topic matter without significant analytic resources to unpack the theoretical significance of their newfound empirical understandings. Continue reading
Google Analytics, Privacy, and Legalese
After outlining the brief bits of legalese that is required by Google – and suggesting what Google should do to ensure terms of service compliance – I’ll suggest a business model/addition that could simultaneously assist in privacy compliance while netting an enterprising company/individual a few extra dollars in revenue. Continue reading
Review of The Offensive Internet: Speech, Privacy, and Reputation
In this review I want to cover the particularly notable elements of the book and identify a few spaces where contributions could have been strengthened. Specifically, I’ll note elements from various essays that were of importance and conclude by discussing the concerns surrounding removing Section 230 of the Children’s Decency Act and broader theme of the relative novelty/non-unique nature of anything Internet. Continue reading
