Re: [CODE4LIB] Library Privacy, RIP (Was: Canvas Fingerprinting by AddThis)

You need to cut holes so you can see -- I should have mentioned that. Be sure to wear sunglasses to confound remote retinal scanners... On Sat, Aug 16, 2014 at 1:59 PM, Cary Gordon wrote: > I tried a paper bag, but it was very hard to find books. > > > On Fri, Aug 15, 2014 at 4:34 PM, Kyle Bane

Re: [CODE4LIB] Library Privacy, RIP (Was: Canvas Fingerprinting by AddThis)

I tried a paper bag, but it was very hard to find books. On Fri, Aug 15, 2014 at 4:34 PM, Kyle Banerjee wrote: > On Fri, Aug 15, 2014 at 3:02 PM, Jason Bengtson > wrote: > > > ... > > > > Generally speaking, I think surveillance is wretched stuff. But there > is a > > point at which the hand

[CODE4LIB] Privacy audits Re: [CODE4LIB] Library Privacy, RIP

Some years ago I did a few privacy audits for local public libraries, where they went through all of their data-gathering points (circulation, summer reading programs, vendors, patron letters to the library director...) [1] It was very useful for them to discover where data might "leak". At the

Re: [CODE4LIB] Library Privacy, RIP (Was: Canvas Fingerprinting by AddThis)

I think that pretty much sums up the situation ;) Sent from my Windows Phone From: Eric Hellman Sent: ‎8/‎16/‎2014 1:06 PM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Library Privacy, RIP (Was: Can

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 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 o

Re: [CODE4LIB] Library Privacy, RIP (Was: Canvas Fingerprinting by AddThis)

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 Hel

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 acros

Re: [CODE4LIB] Library Privacy, RIP (Was: Canvas Fingerprinting by AddThis)

On 8/16/14 8:38 AM, Dan Scott wrote: > I think the primary concern rises from users accessing the catalogue from > their own machine / browser, where services can easily and reliably > correlate web usage behavior of an individual over time across many web > properties. The annoyance of inappropri

Re: [CODE4LIB] Library Privacy, RIP (Was: Canvas Fingerprinting by AddThis)

On Aug 15, 2014 5:52 PM, "Karen Coyle" 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 bo