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I admit that this is interesting and insightful research. But I have to look at it in the context of our current world, and in this context it's likely to do mo
by null_ptr 13y ago
I admit that this is interesting and insightful research. But I have to look at it in the context of our current world, and in this context it's likely to do more harm than good to humankind.
- kamjam 13y agoWhat do you mean? What context, the last few weeks, the last few years or the last few decades? They're doing nothing that you and I couldn't do already, as humans, without any special trickery. Just automating it. If you tweet something, I can read it. If you post something on Facebook as public, can read it. Post something on a public forum, I can read it. This is nothing new - marketers and spammers have been using this same data for years. This is NOT a privacy issue if you in the first place decided to not make it one. It a big difference between information you've made publicly available and data-mining private information without a warrant. This article is a bit bullshit and headline grabbing to be honest, and looks at it from a PRISM perspective which is the wrong angle.
- saraid216 13y agoYou should probably be campaigning for most Information School departments in universities to be shut down, then. My alma mater has been doing stuff like this for years. Random stuff I found by googling a bit: http://ischooloss.wordpress.com/2010/11/01/cyber-surveillance-in-everyday-life-an-international-workshop/ http://ischooloss.wordpress.com/2010/11/01/cyber-surveillanc... http://dailyuw.com/archive/2013/05/02/arts-leisure/henry-unveils-sanctum#.UctBST5AQso http://dailyuw.com/archive/2013/05/02/arts-leisure/henry-unv... http://faculty.washington.edu/pkahn/articles/ww.pdf http://faculty.washington.edu/pkahn/articles/ww.pdf