My Digital FootPrint

Google Latitude  history is either very interesting or very scary.  In "my digital footprint" I wrote about an idea for a security application where a phone would close applications and services as you drifted off your normal routine based on history and location. Further it would also seek to find friends and contacts as additional support. The latitude dashboard lets you see some graphs of how much time you spend at work, home, and out and about, and a list of your most visited places. You can also see a Google Map with your 500 latest updates added as pushpins.  From the dashboard, you can export your history of location updates as a KML file. It does ask you to opt in, and it doesn't share your location history with anyone. There is no doubt that it is a bit creepy as it gives step-by-step views of where you have been and even knows how many total miles I've travelled. You will love the little feature that explains how many miles you have travelled in terms o

Google Latitude  history is either very interesting or very scary.  In "my digital footprint" I wrote about an idea for a security application where a phone would close applications and services as you drifted off your normal routine based on history and location. Further it would also seek to find friends and contacts as additional support. The latitude dashboard lets you see some graphs of how much time you spend at work, home, and out and about, and a list of your most visited places. You can also see a Google Map with your 500 latest updates added as pushpins.  From the dashboard, you can export your history of location updates as a KML file. It does ask you to opt in, and it doesn't share your location history with anyone. There is no doubt that it is a bit creepy as it gives step-by-step views of where you have been and even knows how many total miles I've travelled. You will love the little feature that explains how many miles you have travelled in terms o

Google Latitude  history is either very interesting or very scary.  In "my digital footprint" I wrote about an idea for a security application where a phone would close applications and services as you drifted off your normal routine based on history and location. Further it would also seek to find friends and contacts as additional support. The latitude dashboard lets you see some graphs of how much time you spend at work, home, and out and about, and a list of your most visited places. You can also see a Google Map with your 500 latest updates added as pushpins.  From the dashboard, you can export your history of location updates as a KML file. It does ask you to opt in, and it doesn't share your location history with anyone. There is no doubt that it is a bit creepy as it gives step-by-step views of where you have been and even knows how many total miles I've travelled. You will love the little feature that explains how many miles you have travelled in terms o

Google Latitude  history is either very interesting or very scary.  In "my digital footprint" I wrote about an idea for a security application where a phone would close applications and services as you drifted off your normal routine based on history and location. Further it would also seek to find friends and contacts as additional support. The latitude dashboard lets you see some graphs of how much time you spend at work, home, and out and about, and a list of your most visited places. You can also see a Google Map with your 500 latest updates added as pushpins.  From the dashboard, you can export your history of location updates as a KML file. It does ask you to opt in, and it doesn't share your location history with anyone. There is no doubt that it is a bit creepy as it gives step-by-step views of where you have been and even knows how many total miles I've travelled. You will love the little feature that explains how many miles you have travelled in terms o

http://www.bcs.org/server.php?show=nav.10340 Karen Lawrence Oqvist http://virtualshadows.wordpress.com/ “Web 2.0 and social networking sites are challenging traditional notions of privacy and security in cyberspace, at a time when surveillance and tracking in the real world have reached endemic proportions. As the gap between virtual and reality becomes increasingly blurred by current and emerging technologies, the way we communicate and interact with one another is changing as well. But what are the implications for our privacy, and what impact will this have on our safety and security? "Virtual Shadows" provides a fascinating glimpse into this brave new Information Society. It covers a diverse range of topics which span the 4 key areas of privacy (information, bodily, communications and territorial), where the rules of play have not yet been clearly defined, much less understood” In truth this book is for someone who knows nothing about privacy, identity, the informat

Don’t forget to do a factory reset before you pass it on – or you will compromise your identity, privacy, security, reputation ……

- not obvious to all, but the circuit diagram is for a slow fading light – like the one in your car - This is the BBC news story  http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/10324209.stm Dutch researcher Dr Harold van Heerde is looking into ways to gradually "degrade" the information that sites gather about visitors.  Slowly swapping details for more general information can help guard against accidental disclosure, he said.  "There are so many weak points in security that you can never be sure that your data is safe," Dr van Heerde is from the Centre for Telematics and Information Technology (CTIT) at the University of Twente Something I have been thinking about as well; here is my dilemma. Facebook make me an offer, based on cost economics for themselves, which says after 12 months you need to pay $1 per year for us to keep your data “live” e.g on spinning disks so it is easily accessed.  If you don’t pay we will achieve it.  (See post on GreenPeace http://blog.

Close to dark side thinking I believe and it starts from the wrong point. They question again is why regulate storage of data.  All data should be thrown away. Regulate collection and maybe what can be done with analysis.  My view is that the existing framework is broken and is not suitable for adaptation. However, I expect it will all happen and have passed by the time the regulator catches up. Parliament would like more privacy and security in relation to the internet of things The European Parliament welcomes the development of the internet of things (IoT) but asks the Commission to set up a clear legal framework on the security, safety, privacy and protection of personal data in relation to the IoT. It also points out concerns on other issues not directly related to the IoT, including on the legal uncertainty surrounding cloud computing. The resolution adopted on June 15, 2010 also proposes that the Commission should carry out a detailed assessment of a number of issues lin

The Technology Strategy Board is to invest up to £10 million in new research projects that will help accelerate the development and deployment of more secure and trustworthy information systems within Digital Britain and the wider global economy. Brief http://www.innovateuk.org/content/competition/trusted-services-competition.ashx To register http://engage.innovateuk.org/technologystrategyboardlz//EventMgr_ShowEvent1.aspx?eID=12 Press release http://www.innovateuk.org/content/news/british-companies-challenged-to-develop-technology.ashx The competition is to encourage innovative British companies to develop tools, techniques and services that will target the increasing risks that consumers, businesses and public sector organisations face, while also providing significant market opportunities to build a strong capability base in the UK. The £10m to be invested in the R&D includes £2m from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council and £300,000 from the Economic an

Last night I spoke at mashup’s event on Digital Identity: the value of digital you with Nicky Hickman, Robin Wilton, Alan Moore and David Rennie My views from the session are that Digital Identity is still at the early stages of debate and discussion even though there is an increasing number of experts who deeply understand the issues, the overriding focus is still an argument about what “words” mean – the image gives some of the words that went round. Digital Identity is a complex issue crossing many boundaries and professional disciplines. We tend to have many persona, we are no longer owned by a Brand, we know many people with whom we have a different relationship with and know to different degrees and understanding, we don’t tend to reveal all to everyone, you cannot own your data, people are lazy and don’t do things even though they could, value depends on who the giver and receiver is. Identity is a negotiation and in reality we are the product that is traded. Two good quo