tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7520303675367700778.post2576072342394117250..comments2024-03-26T22:57:21.033+00:00Comments on Random Views: The strange case of Facebook and the right to privacyDavid Beesonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00393977902379776532noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7520303675367700778.post-34455560251459009132010-06-21T09:48:26.574+01:002010-06-21T09:48:26.574+01:00Feels to me, though, that preventing Britain becom...Feels to me, though, that preventing Britain becoming an authoritarian state - and it's certainly becoming an increasingly centralised one - requires more careful thought and more sophisticated action than moaning about cameras. As you say, the recordings aren't even watched that much...David Beesonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00393977902379776532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7520303675367700778.post-71853342985639103802010-06-14T16:37:00.717+01:002010-06-14T16:37:00.717+01:00As for the surveillance cameras thing, 1) what do ...As for the surveillance cameras thing, 1) what do people want to do in public streets that they don't want filmed? and 2) who thinks somebody is watching the feed all the time? Usually it's just a useful tool after the fact, as demonstrated after the London bombings.<br /><br />That said, if Britain did decide to complete its trajectory into an authoritarian police state that kept tabs on everybody, it would already have a large part of the infrastructure in place...Awoogamuffinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03868669228439003143noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7520303675367700778.post-48921993137832621832010-05-31T07:55:38.322+01:002010-05-31T07:55:38.322+01:00Thank you, cousin, for your comment.
I agree ent...Thank you, cousin, for your comment. <br /><br />I agree entirely with your complaint overa web site that published details about you without your permission or knowledge. That's certainly abuse and should be prevented (and indeed punished).<br /><br />E-mail I feel should also be regarded as private at least to the same degree as phone calls.<br /><br />My point is really to do with information about ourselves which we put on the net voluntarily. It seems to me that we would be much better off if we changed mindset and treated that action as 'publication', i.e. making information public. If we just assumed that nothing on the internet was really private, we would perhaps learn to be more careful about what we put up there. <br /><br />Which would be no bad thing.David Beesonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00393977902379776532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7520303675367700778.post-57564622648805841952010-05-30T19:10:03.202+01:002010-05-30T19:10:03.202+01:00Hello Cousin!
In this electronic age, folks do nee...Hello Cousin!<br />In this electronic age, folks do need to have some privacy. For example, for years banks and other financial institutions have used one's mother's maiden name as an identifier that you are in fact you. However, with sites like Ancestry.com available, where folks can look up your parent's detailed information, what was the point of all that?<br /><br />I was recently frustrated as a web site I have never used posted my home address and other details that I did not want readily available on the web. Some web sites have links to their privacy policy and the darned link is broken when you click on it, so it is all rather sketchy.<br /><br />The problem with Facebook is that a lot of the younger generation use it, and then HR representatives, managers, etc. reseach these 20-somethings when they apply for jobs. Only later do some of them find that maybe it was not such a good idea to comment or post those photos from Spring Break in Mexico.Marie Beesonnoreply@blogger.com