My Digital FootPrint

So Google buys Moto – there are now 1,000 stories written and to quote from the Google Blog by Larry Page…. “We recently   explained   how companies including Microsoft and Apple are banding together in anti-competitive patent attacks on Android. The U.S. Department of Justice had to intervene in the results of one recent patent auction to “protect competition and innovation in the open source software community” and it is currently looking into the results of the Nortel auction. Our acquisition of Motorola will increase competition by strengthening Google’s patent portfolio, which will enable us to better protect Android from anti-competitive threats from Microsoft, Apple and other companies. ” This I am sure will split the room on opinions so why not come and join the panels and voice your own insights at Mobile2 in SFO in Sept 1 st .  If you have not yet registered, please do so ASAP. If you send us an email at info@mobile2event.com , mentioning this Blog, we will send you a s

Ajit and I are working on the  Digital footprint summit    and his blog today is about another element we are considering as part of this event. For the lack of a better word, let’s call it: My digital footprint personal data tradeoff report The crux of the issue with My Digital Footprint is the propensity of customers to trade data for services So, the question is: Could we predict the tradeoff between what elements of customer data would we share and for what services? This is more than a survey and possibly involves techniques like the  Analytic Hierarchy Process AHP   and  pairwise comparisons I seek comments on this if you are interested to know more

Gideon Rosenblatt of Alchemy of Change posted this image a part of a longer thought blog on “Who to focus on.” It is worth reading! One aspect of personal value and model generated from a digital footprint is so that you will know both who matters, who influences you and who you can influence.  

Facebook asked a federal judge to dismiss a class action accusing it of exploiting children, claiming that Facebook users' "like" statements qualify as matters of public interest http://www.courthousenews.com/2011/08/08/38793.htm  "Expressions of consumer opinion, such as the plaintiffs' Like statements challenged here, have repeatedly qualified as matters of public interest under the First Amendment," Facebook claimed in a motion seeking "more definite statement or dismissal."   On behalf of their children, Melissa Dawes and Jennifer DeYoung filed a class action on June 1, claiming Facebook's non-negotiable terms of membership that say its members are subject to such advertising and marketing do not apply to minor children. The plaintiffs say children lack the capacity to consent to the use of their name and photographs for marketing, advertising and selling of goods and services. Facebook uses users' "Like" statements to

Powerful talk from Rebecca MacKinnon @TED describes the expanding struggle for freedom and control in cyberspace, and asks: How do we design the next phase of the Internet with accountability and freedom at its core, rather than control? She believes the internet is headed for a "Magna Carta" moment when citizens around the world demand that their governments protect free speech and their right to connection. Nation States to Private States and how we are now segmented by Behaviour.... ohh something to do with Digital Footprints and filtering .....

This follows the story of Kaliya ( Identity Woman ) who still can't do this as her Google+ Name is still SUSPENDED!!!! and doesn't have name sovereignty. Worth reading her post on the issues Nymwars: IRL on Google's Lawns. We need to bring this struggle to Google IRL (In Real Life - physical, real world, meet space). Here is my thinking on why and my ideas about how. WHY: Even women with privileged access to Google insiders and who have real name handle combinations are not getting reinstated. Also read Steve Lockstep -- : http://lockstep.com.au/blog/2011/08/08/real-names-is-real-sly

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