Privacy and Ethics

_{*note: the Privacy and Ethics page is not finished, needs more content, an edit and polish*}

In the absence of an overarching www editorial team, publishing company, or overall team of super humans managing all of the online content ethically, how do we deal with online content?

In a professional sense?

In a personal sense?

During this course we have been looking at Information technology tools. All of the tools have, in some form, involved divulgence of personal data so as to be involved. For example: Sign up, sign in, tweets, browsing online, collecting information, uploading files, tagging, creating online profiles, editing online data, searching online.

The big question that I always have when I go online: Do I give my privacy away?

Information technology tools we have utilised

1 Google applications

2 Twitter and rss feeds

3 Shared resources: Flickr, Trove, Wikipedia

4 Social bookmarking, Maps, mashups

1 Google applications

How useful are these tools in a professional sense?

Many of the tools are very useful for professionals as they are largely seamless in the way a business can utilise the network of applications. Private groups, sharing calendars to selected people or groups.

Are there issues with privacy?

Privacy settings. There are options for privacy settings, however it could be difficult to learn about these at work due to time constraints or computer literacy skills. A simple click for some can be a technical hurdle for others - thus there are potential privacy issues.

What are they?

Who can access your email and calendar at work? Have you checked your privacy settings and does it matter to you?

How useful are these tools in a personal sense?

These tools are incredibly useful in a personal sense.

Potential issues. Privacy

Who can access your information?

Many of the tools are designed to lock you in to the Google network of apps and technology offerings much in the same way a mac user essentially needs to maintain ios and mac hardware, software and engagement in the mac brand. You need your email and calendar, for example, and each time you utilise another app you find everything links and talks to eachother easily, thus you keep creating content or data that over time locks you into that particular company's data collecting system. Facebook, I would call a data collecting system.

(On a side not: People complaining about having to put your name on the Census. Complaining on FaceBook!)

2 Twitter and rss feeds

3 Shared resources: Flickr, Trove, Wikipedia

4 Social bookmarking, Maps, mashups

What are some of the ethical issues?

"Who owns the content on FaceBook?

What will happen when I die?

Power of attorney" - notes from lecture one.

I have created content on Twitter, Flickr, Diigo, Mendeley, Google Maps, and signed up for multiple accounts during this course (a problem without password management) - not to mention a wealth of digital portfolio sites on the web with my content. Where does all of this information go or how is it managed after I die? Do I need a 'funeral fund' for post Kirrily online information management?

My Tweet

"Adam Ostrow: What happens to that [cloud] personality after you've died?"-https://diigo.com/08tqr5 #cloudpersonality #Tedtalk #ISYS1166

"After your final status update"

A Ted Talk by Adam Ostrow exploring what happens to the virtual personality after we die.

_{The Little Tower of Babel c. 1563 by Pieter the Elder Bruegel}

_{Licensed under Creative Commons}

_{From Pieter Bruegel the Elder the Complete Works website [accessed 26-08-2016].}

Overall

All of these tools are incredibly useful in a professional sense. Collecting and collating data, communicating across the world in real time, global tagging allowing for incredibly efficient management of online information.

Are there issues with privacy? Who's content is it and who can access it. If it is editable, who is editing it and why are they editing it. Are they doing the right thing? Who 'polices' such tools. Do they need to be moderated?

Many of the tools utilised had privacy settings options. These are very useful. Noteworthy was that Diigo was shifting a lot of its social networking functions to focus more on networking within companies and education organisations due to spam issues.

Potential issues: Professional

Password management

Human error - eg: leaving a browser window with confidential content viewable open in a public space

Hacking (of business site)

Trolls and spam; emails, company twitter account... How is this managed?

Security issues - credit card information management. Managing client security.

How does the government use and access information. Is this transparent?

Potential issues: Personal

Password management

Human error - eg: leaving a browser window with confidential content viewable open in a public space

Hacking (personal content online)

Trolls and spam; emails, company twitter account... How is this managed?

Security issues - credit card information management. What sites have your credentials

Government usage of information, name on census. How will the information gathered and attached to your name be utilised in 2016/17? Or in 200 years time? Does it matter?

Some reflection written in my week 2 page:

Spent some time thinking about managing my personal information and thinking about the level of engagement I have choosing the content to follow. What I like, what I really like, what I love, what I feel like I should be following, what I impulsively follow, what I don't want certain people to know I follow.

Is following an identity thing?

Am I painting a picture of myself when I follow?

Do I care? Do people care? Self awareness.. etc and so on and so forth.

I'm talking more about Twitter 'followings' here. (plus Facebook of course. ) Feedly is more personal perhaps - or is it? I need to investigate, or double check. SO many new accounts. I've been thinking a lot about social media, its role and how it is used and how I use it. What is its function to me, do I utilise it... I can go on. But these have been the churnings in my thoughts over the last few weeks. Many questions to answer explore and note.

Who can see your information?

For example, Chrome's incognito only stops Chrome form saving your sites and other sources may be seeing your browsing activity: Your service provider, your employer, the websites you have viewed. What information are they collecting and how are they using it? Have you given them permission? Read through and agree. I just click "agree"

"Okay Google" keeps recordings of you when you utilise this service. An interesting article "Google's creepy "My Activity" page reveals the terrifying amount of data collected about you" from Betanews published online in June on the topic. Author Mark Wilson highlights the incredible amount of data collected about you by Google but also points out the "My Activity" page where you can clearly see what they are collecting and more importantly you can take some control over how they collect data on you. An example of how you can access and control this: How to delete all of the illicit recordings Google has gathered from you. page viewed 26-08-2016. I imagine there are very few people who actually do this.

Pokemon Go - you are creating data. Data security. Security. Consumerist.com article on Pokémon Go: While You Collect Pokémon, Pokémon Go Collects Your Data accessed 26-08-2016

Third party usage of information.

Stalking, grooming, paedophiles

Online identities, who is real and who is not?

Lastly, how else is the internet used (Dark net?) and how is that managed and who by?