Field notes: What’s In A Name? Anonymity, Then and Now. SXSW

SXSWi 2013 session: “What’s In A Name? Anonymity, Then and Now“ “Anonymity” is a much-ballyhooed buzzword. But the complex issues of anonymity and authorship are far from unique to the Internet age. We’ve been here before.Turn back to 17th century Europe, when publishing was a less-than-classy enterprise. How uncouth! Still, anonymous works were circulated and […]

Developers Mail List

Join Personal Data Ecosystem developers talking about trust frameworks and other topics in the Personal Data Ecosystem! We’ve created a mail list for Personal Data Ecosystem development, in order to host discussions about: * interoperability * trust frameworks * development challenges in the ecosystem * data issues and flows * whatever you need to discuss about […]

FTC White Paper Responses Analysis

Last December, 2010, the Federal Trade Commission released a white paper about their thoughts on Do Not Track (DNT). They requested comments from any interested party, due by February 18, 2011. Below, we’ve analyzed the responses available in a Google Docs spreadsheet in order that people could quickly scan who had responded (lawyer, company, advocacy […]

Analysis of Responses to Department of Commerce Green Paper

Last month, January 28th to be exact, responses were due to the Department of Commerce Green paper originally posted in December, 2010 by the National Telecommunications and Information Administration. Our own Personal Data Ecosystem Consortium response is here. Analysis of Responses The responses to the Department of Commerce Green Paper fall into several groups. Predictably, business and […]