I've been doing some side studies (with Steve Mann and Jason Nolan; and with Tom Gray, Ramiro Liscano and Anabel Quan-Haase) on just how much surveillance people will accept. Or to put it in another perspective, how much privacy they want -- and under what circumstances -- in public, in organizations they work for, at home, on the Internet (e.g., cookies) (See the Mann-Nolan-Wellman Sousveillance paper on my website for some informative experimental "performances" on the subject.) I would greatly appreciate pointers to any quantitative or qualitative data on the subject. For example: People being observed on video/CCTV in stores and in streets. Active badges reporting where people are in an organization's building Group-aware software (such as Babble and IKNOW) that inform about who is connected with whom, and who is interacting with whom Buddy lists in IM that are shareable, so I know that Tom is also friends with Dick and Jane. Barry ___________________________________________________________________ Barry Wellman Professor of Sociology NetLab Director wellman@chass.utoronto.ca http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~wellman Centre for Urban & Community Studies University of Toronto 455 Spadina Avenue Toronto Canada M5S 2G8 fax:+1-416-978-7162 ___________________________________________________________________