Tag Archives: law
Weebly, Analytics, and Privacy Violations (Updated II)
Google demands that a very low baseline be met as a condition of using Analytics to surveil web visitors: they should be obliged to ensure that the baseline is met and, where it isn’t, apply consequences for violating Google’s terms of service. If the company can take a hard line on pseudonyms on their social networking service, why can’t they take a similar line concerning the use of the company’s older Analytics product? 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
Vancouver’s Human Flesh Search Engine
The actions taken to identify, name, and shame alleged rioters is the beginning of a long slide towards a state of mind and looseness of ethics that have been proven to cause harm abroad: I see no reason, based on those experiences, why we should import known, failed, modes of citizen surveillance and investigation. Continue reading
Deep Packet Inspection and Law Enforcement
How might law enforcement use DPI to identify and pursue child pornographers? Hows does this intersect with Canadian lawful access legislation? Continue reading
