The problem with fb-places seems to be a re-iteration of similar problems in the past (athough, I completely agree that location data is something else). for example tagged or commented photos, status updates with references, even wall-discussions are all information that through the fb design becomes information that can be controlled, managed, distributed by many profiles. We tried to generalize the problem, calling such information "relational information" since it is information related to many through the design of the system. We then used Thomas Erickson and Wendy Kellog's idea of social translucence: we asked how friends/communities could develop privacy practices based on social proxies in the design that provide some transparency as to what is happening in the network (without having to do what michael zimmer did when he checked what was visible of his profile through extra-mock profiles). unfortunately, the privacy settings of fb make users believe that they control their information individually. however, the design of fb is such that most info is entered, linked, controlled and distributed by many. this is a mismatch that one can only suspect might have been convenient for fb in the past, but hopefully not for too much longer. more information on the paper is here: The Social Web and Privacy: Practices, Reciprocity and Conflict Detection in Social Networks. http://www.cosic.esat.kuleuven.be/publications/article-1304.pdf and the wonderful article on social translucence is this one: Thomas Erickson and Wendy A. Kellogg. Social translucence: An approach to designing systems that support social processes. ACM Transactions on Human Computer Interaction, 7(1):59–83, 2000.
Message: 4 Date: Sun, 29 Aug 2010 19:53:41 -0500 From: Michael Zimmer <zimmerm@uwm.edu> To: Nick Lalone <nick.lalone@gmail.com> Cc: air-l@listserv.aoir.org Subject: Re: [Air-L] privacy redefined Message-ID: <5794E35F-1F77-4598-A275-37ABBFE89CA7@uwm.edu> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
Readers might be interested in my blog post:
Facebook Places Privacy Falls Short: Non-Authorized Check-Ins by Friends are Visible http://michaelzimmer.org/2010/08/20/facebook-places-privacy-falls-short/
And related coverage at MSNBC.com: Facebook Places: Be your friends' 'Big Brother?' http://redtape.msnbc.com/2010/08/facebook-places-we-are-each-others-big-brot...
-michael zimmer
-- Michael Zimmer, PhD Assistant Professor, School of Information Studies Director, BS in Information Science & Technology Program Associate, Center for Information Policy Research University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee e: zimmerm@uwm.edu w: www.michaelzimmer.org
On Aug 29, 2010, at 12:04 PM, Nick Lalone wrote:
I wonder if Facebook changes will take the place of the old virus scare emails. Thanks for the heads up. One thing I noticed was a message from facebook on the privacy settings page:
"Get the Facts about Places There is a false rumor that Facebook shares your location without your knowledge or consent.
You control your information on Facebook. With Places, you choose when to share your location by checking in or allowing friends to check you in. Your location is never given to anyone automatically.
Learn more about Places."
On Sun, Aug 29, 2010 at 11:44 AM, jcu <jcu@execulink.com> wrote:
Hello,
Just for everyone's information ... forwarding a message from some Facebook contacts ...
Facebook launched Facebook Places yesterday. Anyone can find where you are when you are logged in. It gives the actual address & map location of where you are as you (and or) your kids use Facebook TO UNDO: Go to "Account", "Account Settings", "Notifications", then scroll down to "Places" and UNCHECK the 2 boxes. SAVE changes and then share this message.
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