Privacy and Social Networks

Slide 1: Privacy and SNs Tel Aviv University, 07/01/08

Slide 2: The web has become platform for sharing

Slide 3: The Kokhav Nolad Syndrom lands on the web

Slide 6:  Teens use the internet as a theater  55% have an online profile (mostly with full names, photos, and photos of friends)  46% post fake information to protect themselves  49% use networks to make friends  32% have been contacted by strangers  Girls are more concerned than boys on privacy  Older teens share more  More rules in household than other media

Slide 7: Is Privacy an illusion?

Slide 10:  Once your data is Public this is too late, unless…  Google Yourself to find out  Online Advertising is based on knowing what you do. Does that disturb you?  Privacy is an illusion only if you want to. But it is very hard to avoid

Slide 11: The BeaconGate proves we are not in a jungle

Slide 12: The ScobleGate

Slide 15: Questions and expectations

Slide 16:  Who owns your data? (you, platform, advertiser, friend)  How easy is it to modify/delete? (bebo winner according to this)  Is our friend’s data our data?  What usage can we do of this data?  In which context can we use it? Is our data portable? Are SNS ready to open?  How to attribute the permissions to use it? Who has the authority?  How to maintain a good level of trust with my friends?  What standards/best practices are going to be adopted and what regulation? Check up DataPortability.org

Slide 17: Be Careful but not obsessed

Slide 18: Useful links  ScobleGate http://www.techmeme.com/080103/p36#a080103p36  On data portability http://www.dataportability.org/  Pew Internet research http://content1.docstoc.com/flash/Teens%20Privacy%20Social%20Networks.swf  On trust http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2008/01/04/information-ownership-in-an-information-economy-a-sideways-loo  Privacy wars http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/questions-about-privacy-wars.php  Say Everything http://nymag.com/news/features/27341/