Tag Archives: Geolocation
Recording of ‘Traffic Analysis, Privacy, and Social Media’
The abstract for my presentation, as well as references, have already been made available. I wasn’t aware (or had forgotten) that all the presentations from Social Media Camp Victoria were going to be recorded and put on the web, but … Continue reading
Apple and Locational Data Sharing
It seems that the hint of advertising dollars has led Apple to set aside privacy principles in the hopes of making a quick buck at the expense of citizens’ privacy. While not necessarily surprising or even disappointing (Apple is, after all, a publicly traded company that is purely motivated to return profits to their shareholders) the high-profile company’s bait and switch on its privacy principles will hopefully attract regulatory attention and establish more ‘guidance’ so that other companies are less willing to sell out customers on behalf of the balance sheet. Continue reading
Privacy Norms in the Bio-Digital World
What is the penalty when public information is situated outside of its original format and mashed-up with other data sources? What happens when we correlate data to ‘map’ it? Continue reading
Rendering CCTV (Somewhat) More Transparent
In a conversation with Prof. Andrew Clement this summer we got talking about the ever-increasing deployment of CCTV cameras throughout Canada. The conversation was, at least in part, motivated by the massive number of cameras that are being deployed throughout … Continue reading
