at ISF in montreal we have 15,000 users. each has given us a username
+ password. and we're doing much more than having just a dumb pipe.
On 3/27/06, Rob Kelley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> http://www.commondreams.org/views06/0325-23.htm
>
> >From the good folks at Common Dreams here's some difficult stuff to
> chew on...
>
> In San Francisco, Google may be "bargain[ing] away users' privacy for a
> trickle of Internet connectivity," according to a speaker for the
> Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC). "Individuals' privacy is
> worth more than a 300K download speed." Sascha also gets quoted.
>
> I'm not sure what to think. Users should be able to be anonymous and
> pseudonymous. I don't like the idea of being distracted by marketing
> everywhere I go.
>
> But at the same time, separate from commerce, building community ALSO
> requires the user to give us some information. How does a hotspot
> owner know if a user has been to his hotspot before? How can he
> personalize a portal if he can't identify the user? Should a hotspot
> be just a dumb pipe? I think there's far more potential in a Dodgeball
> or LinkedIn type network.
>
> Hmmm, what is the proper, progressive, "do no evil" way to proceed?
>
> Rob
>
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