privacy noun [ mass noun ] a state in which one is not observed or disturbed by other people: she returned to the privacy of her own home. • the state of being free from public attention: a law to restrict newspapers’ freedom to invade people’s privacy. [Dictionary Version 2.2.1 Apple] I read this morning [...]
In the last day or two, privacy and surveillance have been regular features of the online news sources I read and twitter articles from (@achurches). Globally, we are seeing (IMHO), an increase in surveillance and correspondingly a potential decrease in privacy. The New Zealand Herald reported in two articles that the police are using drones [...]
Lee sent me this article recently and I have to say I am a little shocked. http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2012/04/25/google-drive-cloud-storage-terms.html Like many in education I make use of the Google suite of tools, for a long time Google documents and more recently Google drive. I suspect that like many people when it came to agreeing with the terms and [...]
But I guess this is more than computers and computing, its actually all about ICT – information and communications technologies. Many of us may have seen the recent release from Google about a project they are working on called Project Glass. http://g.co/projectglass and perhaps you have looked up the video on youtube - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9c6W4CCU9M4 Aside from the privacy and [...]
Two new videos from CEOP () These are part of the “think you know series” The first is an excellent 8 minute video targetted at the 11-16 audience looking at online manipulation and exploitation. Its quite hard hitting and revealing. Consequences: Assembly for 11 16 year olds – URL http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hK5OeGeudBM&feature=PlayList&p=D215A23C4BE75955 The second is called Jigsaw [...]
This is a video clip from CBS News evening news. Its a frightening and enlightening clip which highlights the Digital foot print we leave, inadvertently, as we use technology. URL – Video – http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=6412572n&tag=mg;mostpopvideo URL – Article and video – http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/04/19/eveningnews/main6412439.shtml?tag=currentVideoInfo;videoMetaInfo Some of the issues that can be discussed are: Security Privacy Anonimity Corporate confidentiality [...]
The Privacy commissioner has just release her report on “Individual Privacy and Personal Information” the findings of the report make interesting reading even if the sample used is quite small (only 750). Here are the important stats coming out from this report: The first question was the general introduction and asks about the general level [...]
A number of news items recently have flagged censorship as a current issue for me. As a result of the Hacker attacks on Google and their threatened withdrawal from China, the issue of Chinese Censorship has again raised its ugly head. Add to that Cameron Slater (aka Whale oil) on breaching suppression orders. The question [...]
