A question to the hi5 Architect: If hi5, as a container, implements the OpenSocial interface that allows the application to connect to a web-server through the OpenSocial container (hi5 being the container in this case), then how does it handle privacy?
All of the data that the app communicates with a server through the container goes through the container, which means hi5 sees all of that communication. That can be a problem if my app connects to my server through this mechanism and I have a privacy policy commitment to my users that is now broken (because I let private info go to hi5), or if I just don't feel like sharing all of this info with hi5 unless they make a policy of how they will not use, or only selectively use, this data. With OpenSocial, as far as I can see, the information goes from the app to the container unencrypted so it is hard to see how this is solved technologically. Hence the interest in polices. I asked the same about Orkut, with no reply so far. (http://groups.google.com/group/opensocial-orkut/browse_thread/thread/ 3e94ea0dc7cc2fb5?hl=en#) Matt On Feb 17, 5:16 pm, Paul Lindner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Greg, > > I'm cleaning out my inbox and found your message. Hopefully you've > followed the Opensocial developments in the past months and are aware > that hi5 has had an open access sandbox for quite some time now. > > > > > > On Sat, Nov 03, 2007 at 06:48:49PM -0000, EGreg wrote: > > > Paul - how can a developer start developing for hi5 when it opens, so > > as to produce a quality widget to submit to hi5? With orkut, you sign > > up but then they say "wait and we'll contact you" when a spot is > > available. Will hi5 do this as well? If so, who gets to go first? > > > Greg > > > On Nov 2, 5:55 pm, Paul Lindner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Fri, Nov 02, 2007 at 06:04:35PM -0000,EGregwrote: > > > > > Hey guys, BIG PROPS for rolling out a new industry standard, AND > > > > getting so many partners on board. You are going to get a huge number > > > > of app developers as well. > > > > > In that regard, I want to ask you - > > > > * Even though the standard is called OpenSocial, it is up to the > > > > social networks (the "containers") to allow developers to submit their > > > > applications and so forth. So they can restrict app developers or give > > > > head starts to some and not others, right? > > > > Open Social Sites can adopt whatever policy they want. > > > > At Hi5 we're going to offer a self-serve developer signup system in > > > the next two weeks, and a sandbox that works with that. This data > > > will form the basis of our Application Gallery. > > > > So far we've been creating dev accounts by hand and it obviously > > > doesn't scale. > > > > For developer off the street you can get a certain number of API calls > > > per minute/hour/day to test things out. To publish in the application > > > gallery will require a little more information, either embedded in > > > your XML or listed with us directly. > > > > I'd be interested in hearing what developers out there would rate > > > their highest priorities so we can hit thost targets... > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "OpenSocial Developers" group. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For more options, visit this group > > athttp://groups.google.com/group/opensocial-api?hl=en > > -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~--- > > -- > Paul Lindner > hi5 Architect > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > application_pgp-signature_part > 1KDownload- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "OpenSocial Application Development" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/opensocial-api?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
