I think that pretty much sums up the situation ;) Sent from my Windows Phone ________________________________ From: Eric Hellman<mailto:[email protected]> Sent: 8/16/2014 1:06 PM To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Library Privacy, RIP (Was: Canvas Fingerprinting by AddThis)
I think what we want is http://socialitejs.com/ On Aug 16, 2014, at 12:52 PM, Riley Childs <[email protected]> wrote: > Another question for someone who utilizes these services: What analytics does > this provide and are the social analytics worth losing your user's privacy? > (I think not) > Can't we make our own non dynamic share links???? > > > > > Sent from my Windows Phone > ________________________________ > From: Eric Hellman<mailto:[email protected]> > Sent: 8/16/2014 12:25 PM > To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Library Privacy, RIP (Was: Canvas Fingerprinting by > AddThis) > > So, 2 points worth discussing here. > > 1. I'll bet you most proxy servers are not proxying AddThis.com or > Sharethis.com. So there wouldn't be any effect of proxying on the user > tracking they do. > > 2. It really doesn't matter if you identify yourself to the catalog or not. > You're being tracked across sites all over the internet. If you identify > yourself to one of them, you can be identified. Note that the main concern > here is if you use your own device to access the library's catalog. > > > On Aug 15, 2014, at 5:52 PM, Karen Coyle <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On 8/15/14, 12:07 PM, Eric Hellman wrote: >>> AddThis and ShareThis, on the other hand have TOS that let them use >>> tracking for advertising, and that's what their business is. So, >>> hypothetically, a teen could look at library catalog records for books >>> about childbirth, and as a result, later be shown ads for pregnancy tests, >>> and that would be something the library has permitted. >> >> Eric, I'm wondering about the full scenario that you are envisioning. Many >> libraries use proxy servers, so individual users are not identified. >> (Meaning that an 80-yr-old man may get the ad for the pregnancy test, not >> the teen.) In addition, in many cases the machine wipes itself clean daily, >> replacing all potential user files. (Someone else can explain this MUCH >> better than I just did.) >> >> In my public library, I do not identify myself to the use the catalog on >> site -- not even to use journal article databases, because 1) authentication >> takes place in the library system 2) the proxy server's IP is my identity >> for those services. I have no idea what exits the library when I hook my >> laptop to the open network. Shouldn't all of these factors be taken into >> account? Can anyone articulate them from the point of view of a public >> library? >> >> Note: At the university here at Berkeley, no network use is allowed without >> an account, so there is no anonymous use, at least on the human side of any >> proxy server that they run. But at the public library there is no log-on. So >> what is AddThis getting in those two situations? >> >> kc >> >> -- >> Karen Coyle >> [email protected] http://kcoyle.net >> m: +1-510-435-8234 >> skype: kcoylenet/+1-510-984-3600
