Scott Gilbertson writes: The popular photo sharing website Flickr has introduced a new way to geotag your photos without revealing your location to the entire web. Flickr’s new “Geofence” settings give users more granular control over their geotagged photos. Perhaps the best part of the new Geofence features are how dead simple they are to use…
Category: Misc
Old Mug Shots Fuel Art, and a Debate on Privacy
Steven Rosen reports: People have long romanticized the 1950s — Marilyn Monroe’s windswept dress, Sun rockabilly 45s, beatnik coffeehouse gatherings, Madison Avenue martini lunches.Larken Design in Cincinnati is selling artwork and notebooks with police mug shots from the 1950s, raising concerns about the privacy rights of individuals and the disposal of public records. But old,…
Google+ and pseudonanonymity: A commentary by Ken Hinckley
Kee Hinckley writes: This whole persona/pseudonym argument may seem like a tempest in a teapot, but the fact is, the forum for public discourse is no longer the town hall, or newspaper, or fliers on the street. It is here on the Internet, and it is happening in communities like this, hosted by private sector…
Just Give Me the Right to Be Forgotten
Natasha Singer writes: The marketing pitch came by e-mail: Would you like to make an appointment with your dentist to have your teeth cleaned? And while you’re at it, how about recommending him to a friend, or posting a review of your dental care? I had given my e-mail address and mobile phone number to…