So pretty much all of my regular readers know I detest Facebook and have never had a Facebook account. Recently though, my husband decided to get on Facebook to participate in a closed group affiliated with the dog shelter where he volunteers as a dog-walker. It will come as no surprise to those who know…
Category: Misc
How the internet tricks you out of privacy using ‘dark patterns’ of design
Perfect timing. I’ve been reading Woodrow Hartzog’s new book this week and loving it. And now Joe Cadillic sends me a link to a news report that cites his work. Ariel Bogle reports: The padlock is the internet’s talisman of privacy and safety. It’s in the corner of your browser when you have a secure…
Facebook and the ‘Dead Body’ Problem
Gideon Lewis-Kraus reports: Senator Richard Durbin could scarcely contain himself as he placed his trap for Mark Zuckerberg. “Would you be comfortable,” the senator asked the Facebook chief executive, peering over his glasses with campy solemnity, “sharing with us the name of the hotel you stayed in last night?” Zuckerberg seemed at first to have…
Welcome, “Commissioner Miner”
PogoWasRight is delighted to welcome “Commissioner Miner,” a polite but determined Canadian consumer privacy advocate. CM has been a regular contributor to this blog for the past decade or so, sending me links to articles of interest in Canada and increasing my awareness of issues in Canada. At long last, he has accepted his rightful…