Comments on: Why You Really Need to Know: How Data Mining Works and How It Is Affecting You

By: Danny

Danny — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 05:07:54 +0000

It’s not that bad if you compare it to China.
Every visa I get I have to register at the police station in the area I live so they know where I stay. They even come around to check.
The government knows a lot about me, but I don’t think I have to be afraid of that information getting spread, or getting conned.

But there are some things that just piss me off. Like I bought a prepaid sim card for my phone. They want a copy of my passport. I give them a copy of my passport to make a copy off. But they insisted to make a copy of the original. For a prepaid card! So I left the official phone company and bought a prepaid card at a kiosk (without giving any details).
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By: growmap

growmap — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 05:43:07 +0000

Hi Ginger,

Have you ever heard the boiling frogs story? Every day we have less privacy and less freedom. I highly recommend becoming familiar with the information on my page about Evil Google. Watch the videos and you’ll see where this is all going.
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By: Ginger

Ginger — Wed, 31 Aug 2011 19:24:06 +0000

Wow. Considering the dates on these blogs about privacy , it keeps evolving.
Today’s date is Aug. 31, 2011 and the sky still hasn’t fallen..’WHEW’… into the hands of Dr. Evil. With some interesting research in communications, constitutions of the global markets make a variety of arbitration possibilities available. Wireless technology is about biological communications and any major players out there are going to run into their share of screenings. So, just take a deep breath get familiar with the Zen of ecology’s fast paced innovations and solutions will pop out of the woodwork.

By: growmap

growmap — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 17:06:10 +0000

Yes, Andy, anything that ends up online is likely to be preserved somewhere – or even many different places – forever or until whatever they are stored on deteriorates and is no longer readable (or the equipment to read it is no longer available).
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By: Andy

Andy — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 23:35:40 +0000

I’ve been online for as long as the World Wide Web has been in existence and it always surprises and shocks me when I stumble across some comment that I made online years ago. Everything is recorded somewhere.
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By: Internet Strategist

Internet Strategist — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 17:16:15 +0000

Hello Shaun,

Data mining is a simple concept although it can extremely complex in implementation. It is any method used to extract specific information from a database.

The largest danger for individuals is the enormous amount of personal information being compiled by searching across multiple databases. Few realize that their information – even medical records – are widely available.

When services collate information from many sources and then make it available online to the general public, for a fee, or to those with the money there can be serious consequences. For example, I find it unsettling that some white pages sites now list the names and ages of children.
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By: Shaun

Shaun — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 08:21:36 +0000

That’s quite a nice informative post. But I dont understand much about data mining. Can you give me more info about it?

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By: InternetStrategist

InternetStrategist — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 06:19:55 +0000

@jack parler I hope you saw the other posts in the privacy section and especially the comments in the post When FREE Is Definitely Not: What Those Free Services Are Really Costing You which I will link from this comment.

You can access all posts related to privacy and data mining under categories in the right sidebar.

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By: InternetStrategist

InternetStrategist — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 06:17:05 +0000

In another blog someone asked whether Google could track users across Web sites. Here is some detail on that:

DoubleClick gets in trouble for wanting to merge user identification with behavior. There was publicity and legal action:

http://www.cdt.org/privacy/000302doubleclick.shtml

http://www.out-law.com/page-2486

Later, Google acquired DoubleClick amid protests by privacy groups. They finally overcame the last obstacle and got EU clearance for the merger:

http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/google-lands-eu-clearance-doubleclick/story.aspx?guid={041C7A8C-FF82-4654-A874-62EF04D53463}

The MarketWatch article says:

“DoubleClick is expected to provide Google with a trove of existing customers, online inventory and technology needed to better track Web users across sites in order to deliver them targeted display advertisements.”

and

“Microsoft complained publicly last year that Google’s purchase of DoubleClick would result in “sole control over the largest database of user information the world has ever known.”

Do you suppose that they won’t use the capability provided by their acquisition? Want more details? See these:

http://www.pcworld.com/article/131007/ftc_asked_to_block_googledoubleclick_merger.html

http://www.euractiv.com/en/competition/consumer-groups-alarmed-google-online-ad-merger/article-165346

http://epic.org/privacy/ftc/google/

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By: jack parler

jack parler — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 08:34:24 +0000

Very nice information. Thanks for this.