In my last post How your privacy leaks out on the Internet I discussed the third party problem. It’s really a difficult problem to solve – especially when you’re not sure who the 3rd parties are. In this example above lets assume for arguments sake that the content provider is ONLY using those companies […]
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How your privacy leaks out on the Internet
Sometimes all you need is a simple picture. I went to the Huffington Post and picked an article at random. At the bottom of the article was the above graphic – simply click on your favorite social network to share you data. It all seems so innocuous – but it’s not, and here’s […]
Me, My Privacy, Security and Identity on the Web – Part IV
In this blog post we’re going to make the transitional jump from the current Internet, to one that offers more of a choice when it comes to privacy. However before we make the leap it’s important to note – there’s no solution to privacy without trust. The second you share something with somebody […]
Privacy: Is No Not Track really about Customers having a Choice – or is it something else?
There’s an interesting article in POLITICO (What exactly does ‘do not track’ mean?) asking the question everyone is becoming more concerned with. And the answer is “maybe what you think” or “it could be what you think” or “we’ll just have to wait and see”. Awhile ago I wrote a blog Privacy on the Internet is […]
The Innovators Dilemma – Improving the Internet so I have a choice in how it recognizes Me
In my last blog – Privacy: My Expectations vs.. My Reality I started with a famous quote from Wernher von Braun – you can recover from a production flaw but never from a design flaw. The design flaw that I hinted at was the Internet’s (HTTP) reliance on Cookies to add “state” to a users browser. […]