Submitted by Jasongoldberg:
If you've been familiar with me for at least 27 minutes, you're likely aware of my absolute infatuation with SocialMedian- a brilliant community of news junkies wildly clipping stories, debating issues of politics, business, and tech, and having a general rip-roaring good time. All right, maybe you don't get as giddy about (Read More)
: @Sarahcrisman Great post. I think you sum up the way most of feel around here(or at least how I feel)about socialmedian. I don't know Jason, she's mentioned you in her last three posts. Sounds serious:-)
Gizmodo
Previous version of Laptop Cop let you remotely delete (or retrieve) files from a stolen laptop, but the newest feature makes it genuinely worth paying for: Real-time geo-location using just Wi-Fi. It uses Skyhook, the same Wi-Fi location tech used by the iPhone to triangulate your position against Wi-Fi access points. Conv (Read More)
ReadWriteWeb
It seems we're approaching a new age here on the Internet. Instead being anonymous, faceless IP addresses, social computing and changing technologies have allowed the lines between the "real" world and the "virtual" world to blur. Web 2.0 helped create a world where your identity is revealed in bits and pieces as you share (Read More)
: The new age is here, but the old one hasn't left...the "older" generation is still very skeptical...how many times do you hear people creeped out by the exposure while those of us leading the social networking age don't think twice
: We can't equate privacy with anonymity, that isn't the point. Privacy is about sharing what you want to WHOM you want. I actually think that anonymity may be a BAD thing on the Web, since people do or say things they normally would not or should not (hate that should word, but its out there).
: There is a disarming naivete about those of you in the developed world that is born of the same complacent smiley-face mentality that left you so shell-shocked by 9/11. It'll mever happen here. Love, peace, save the whales & all that drivel. Anonymity is a right we have to fight for - that's gonna be the new battleground. Because once they know all about you, they have the power of life or death over you. And, here in the 4th world, we know, REALLY KNOW what that means. Incidentally, if you live in Washington DC, you are photographed at least 100 times each day. In Manchester England that figure sits at about 145 times a day. Anonymity is a modern myth. And privacy is as much ancient history as the Mayan sun-worshippers. Wake up and smell the Hoover, boyz 'n gals.
Warwick, England, UK Company - LOCRIS Job title - CEO Industry - Interim http://www.linkedin.com/in/johnevans ( Edit | Delete (for another 15 minutes ) ) Just now This will alienate a lot of users - the www is fun - but some of the fun is not something you might want others to know you're up to. Hey boys and girls - how many of you have browsed your best friend's partner's profile, even IM'd or chatted - want your best friend to know?