Category Archives: Culture
Digital Sheep and Digital Goats
My Constellation Research colleague Alan Lepofsky as been working on new ways to characterise users...
What’s really happening to privacy?
This article was first published as Wilson, S. (2013). What happened to privacy?”. Issues, 104,...
Technological imperialism
Abstract Biometrics seems to be going gang busters in the developing world. I fear we’re...
It’s not too late for privacy
Have you heard the news? “Privacy is dead!” The message is urgent. It’s often yelled...
For all the talk of ecosystems …
Yet another breathless report crossed my desk via Twitter this morning where the rise of...
Let’s embrace Identity Plurality
In information security we’ve been saddled for years with the tacit assumption that deep down...
Guilty until proven innocent
Once again, in relation to charges levelled against their own, politicians have claimed that like...
Science is more than the books it produces
These days it’s common to hear the modest disclaimer that there are some questions science...
Strippers are better off than Facebook users
Journalist Farhad Manjoo at Slate recently lampooned the privacy interests of Facebook users, quipping sarcastically...
Other thoughts on Real Names
I’m going to follow my own advice and not accept the premise of Google’s and...