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Comment on Escobar on the Political Ecology of Technonature by Gregory Donovan

Gregory Donovan — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 20:03:34 +0000

I know!

Comment on Escobar on the Political Ecology of Technonature by Elizabeth Johnson

Elizabeth Johnson — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 20:02:18 +0000

yes!

Comment on The Public/Private Database Industry by gtdonovan

gtdonovan — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 17:52:50 +0000

Hi Stuart – All you have to do is visit cryptome.org and you’ll see exactly how the government keeps track of data on the internet. Every piece of data privately aggregated by corporations like Yahoo, Google, Microsoft, ATT, etc… is available to the government at little cost. Or, you could consult the Government Accountability Office’s 2007 report on some of the data mining programs currently underway at the Department of Homeland Security (I discussed the report a bit, and linked to it in this post).

To your second point – whether or not people setup email accounts with fake names is irrelevant. Even with a fake name there is a whole range of Personally Identifiable Information (PII) that is still aggregated which alone could still identify you. Combine this information with the PII in other databases, and you can almost certainly be identified. You can consult Greg Conti’s “Googling Security” and Paul Ohm’s “Broken Promises of Privacy: Responding to the Surprising Failure of Anonymization” for a detailed account of how this works.

Thanks for the comment!

Comment on The Public/Private Database Industry by Stuart Miles

Stuart Miles — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 14:09:49 +0000

I don’t really see how the government can keep track of data on the internet. Many people set up extra email accounts in fake names for a lot of the stuff they do.

Comment on Eight Takes on Play by Gregory Donovan

Gregory Donovan — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 16:42:00 +0000

oooh – good one, I completely forgot about winnicott's "playing and reality"!

Comment on Eight Takes on Play by Kristin Miller

Kristin Miller — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 16:36:00 +0000

Awesome! No Winnicott?

Comment on Eight Takes on Play by James Dennis Hoff

James Dennis Hoff — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 16:21:00 +0000

Big Like!

Comment on iPhones of Mass Destruction and the Code War by James Dennis Hoff

James Dennis Hoff — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 15:59:00 +0000

Oh Steve Jobs, you silly boy.

Comment on Grinch Alert: Barry Diller by Michael York

Michael York — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 19:58:00 +0000

It was bound to get brought up eventually. While I didn't know who it would be, I was pretty sure it would be some dick who doesn't need the money. Turns out I was right.

Comment on Goldman Sachs and the war on (loose) code by ToNYC

ToNYC — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 19:14:18 +0000

As Balzac said, “Le secret des grandes fortunes sans cause apparent est un crime oubli, parce qu’il a ete proprement fait.” In this case the cause is becoming apparent and not so properly done. They paid up the ladder, not so much down. So much for lousy tippers!

Comment on piracy as creative practice? by Sara

Sara — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 05:08:17 +0000

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Comment on direct democracy by Gregory Donovan

Gregory Donovan — Fri, 14 Sep 2007 18:29:16 +0000

You’re absolutely right about being in a plutocracy – but what I find interesting is the ‘why’ and ‘how’ part. A lot of what’s keeping the world disconnected are conscious political decisions made by an extreme few – not even the full 20% that may be wired. Those of us wired, particularly in the industrialized global north, should demand more involvement in the current structure in order to expand connectivity to those disconnected. There was a lot of talk in the mid 90s about “public internet access” but I haven’t heard much recently.

Comment on direct democracy by Mauricio Leandro

Mauricio Leandro — Thu, 13 Sep 2007 11:14:00 +0000

“why doesn’t a direct democracy exist?”. ‘Cause, as happened with the Greeks, more than 80% of the world population is not in the category of CITIZENS, in other words, they are not connected. Real democracy implies a huge population base to control politicians. Otherwise, we will have a plutocracy, as actually happens with internet access around the world. In strict sense, you and me are part of that plutocracy.

Cool blog!

Comment on Environmental overload by MOR

MOR — Wed, 05 Jan 2005 08:56:00 +0000

I’ve always thought that LSD and some other psycho-active chemicals open our perception to all inputs and break through this ‘finite capacity’ literally stretching the capacity of the mind.