Consumer Reports Says Do Not Track, But Tracks Anyway Here’s the punch line… So, while the latest versions of IE, Firefox, Google Chrome, and Apple Safari do allow users to enable DNT, standards for whether or how online trackers should acknowledge those browser signals have yet to be agreed upon by government, advertisers, privacy advocates […]
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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 […]
Me – The intersection of Privacy, Security and Identity on the Web – Part III
In my last post (link) I discussed the current proposed DNT standard and why I have serious reservations about it’s viability. At the end I mentioned that this would provide an opportunity for innovation to occur – so lets take a look at what something would/could look like. To recap. First and foremost the […]
FaceBook going to New York through China to “Help Improve the Mobile Web” – but the Problem has already been solved
I’m going to switch from Privacy to the Mobile Web for this post. Helping Improve the Mobile Web – Facebook Developers: “When you build for the mobile web today, it’s hard to know which browsers and devices will support your app. Which is why we’re proud to be joining over 30 device manufacturers, carriers, […]
Privacy: Does it Scale
Well it sure has been a busy day on the Privacy front. However as I watch all of this, I can’t help but ponder if people really understand the magnitude of the problem the Web faces. Lets talk about “Scaling”. On a thermometer today would have Privacy scaling above boiling point. Something is going […]