Comments on: A Downside to Geotagging? http://www.townsync.com/daily/?p=217 Tue, 20 Jul 2010 01:55:55 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 hourly 1 By: Kenneth Udut http://www.townsync.com/daily/?p=217&cpage=1#comment-97 Kenneth Udut Sun, 19 Apr 2009 13:48:26 +0000 http://www.townsync.com/daily/?p=217#comment-97 I think geotagging is a very powerful tool. Privacy is something that has changed significantly since about 2003 or so, though, when Google decided to change the way we think about privacy from "When you give us permission, it's okay" to "Everything's okay until you tell us otherwise". In other words, get indexed FIRST. If you find something objectionable, ask for it to be removed. Prior, the idea of privacy was getting permission FIRST. I rather like the 'new way' of seeing privacy. It has the potential for trouble (stalkers mostly) but overall, the free and open access of all kinds of information is a wonderful thing. I think geotagging is a very powerful tool. Privacy is something that has changed significantly since about 2003 or so, though, when Google decided to change the way we think about privacy from “When you give us permission, it’s okay” to “Everything’s okay until you tell us otherwise”.

In other words, get indexed FIRST. If you find something objectionable, ask for it to be removed.

Prior, the idea of privacy was getting permission FIRST.

I rather like the ‘new way’ of seeing privacy. It has the potential for trouble (stalkers mostly) but overall, the free and open access of all kinds of information is a wonderful thing.

]]> By: amySoldier http://www.townsync.com/daily/?p=217&cpage=1#comment-74 amySoldier Tue, 17 Feb 2009 13:11:30 +0000 http://www.townsync.com/daily/?p=217#comment-74 ... you know where a stranger lives? What's the difference between this person on Flickr and someone who you just saw open the door to their townhouse as you were walking down the street? The definition of the perfect crime is a criminal act where the victim does not even know a crime has been committed. The longer you can keep the victim thinking that a crime has not been committed upon their self, the more perfect the crime. Stew on this thought if you want something to really get all paranoid about. Dismiss those Geotagging suspicions. You're off on a tangent about something. ;) … you know where a stranger lives? What’s the difference between this person on Flickr and someone who you just saw open the door to their townhouse as you were walking down the street?

The definition of the perfect crime is a criminal act where the victim does not even know a crime has been committed. The longer you can keep the victim thinking that a crime has not been committed upon their self, the more perfect the crime.

Stew on this thought if you want something to really get all paranoid about. Dismiss those Geotagging suspicions. You’re off on a tangent about something.

;)

]]> By: Is there A Downside to Geotagging? A closer look at Location and Privacy — The GISuser.com AnyGeo Blog http://www.townsync.com/daily/?p=217&cpage=1#comment-41 Is there A Downside to Geotagging? A closer look at Location and Privacy — The GISuser.com AnyGeo Blog Tue, 27 Jan 2009 18:56:30 +0000 http://www.townsync.com/daily/?p=217#comment-41 [...] (and security) is a huge one with respect to location-based services… case in point, this article which has been floating around for a week or so now! It got me thinking.. indeed, with so many [...] [...] (and security) is a huge one with respect to location-based services… case in point, this article which has been floating around for a week or so now! It got me thinking.. indeed, with so many [...]

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