Monthly Archives: October 2011

Search Engines, Search Engine Optimisation – and us!

Posted on October 25, 2011 by

Last week, Google announced that it was making SSL encryption the default on all searches for ‘signed in’ people. They announced it as a move towards better security and privacy, and some people (myself included) saw it as a small … Continue reading →

Posted in Privacy, Search Engines, Symbiotic Web | 2 Comments

Goo goo google’s tiny steps towards privacy…

Posted on October 20, 2011 by

Things seem to be hotting up in the battle for privacy on the internet. Over the last few days, Google have made three separate moves which look, on the surface at least, as though they’re heading, finally, in the right … Continue reading →

Posted in google, Identity, Nymwars, Privacy | 1 Comment

Privacy is personal…

Posted on October 18, 2011 by

My real interest in privacy – and specifically internet privacy – arose a little over ten years ago. Something happened to me that change the way I thought about the whole issue – something personal, something direct. Up until that … Continue reading →

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Business and Privacy: Evidence and Assumptions?

Posted on October 14, 2011 by

I came across a couple of stories yesterday that at first glance appeared unconnected, dealing with difference aspects of the current privacy debates concerning the internet. One comes from one side of the Atlantic, the other from the other. One … Continue reading →

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Privacy, Parenting and Porn

Posted on October 11, 2011 by

One of the stories doing the media rounds today surrounded the latest pronouncements from the Prime Minister concerning porn on the internet. Two of my most commonly used news sources, the BBC and the Guardian, had very different takes on … Continue reading →

Posted in Internet Watch Foundation, Parenting, Porn, Privacy | 2 Comments

Privacy – and Occupy Wall Street?

Posted on October 10, 2011 by

One of tweeters I follow, the estimable @privacycamp, asked a question on twitter last night: is there a privacy take on ‘Occupy Wall Street’? I immediately fired off a quick response – of course there is – but it started … Continue reading →

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The privacy race to the bottom

Posted on October 3, 2011 by

I tend to be a ‘glass-half’ sort of person, seeing the positive side of any problem. In terms of privacy, however, this has been very hard over the last few weeks. For some reason, most of the ‘big guns’ of … Continue reading →

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