Privacy and Disclosure in Online Environments

Judith Blanchette

Privacy in web2.0

What does privacy mean to you?

Safety issues for youth as they might not realize what they are doing or where they are releasing their info.

Three types
1 informational (psychological)
2 accessibility
(Physical)
3 expressive
(Interactional)

Actual privacy (objective)
Perceived privacy (subjective)
Photo by bekathwia (sweater)

There exists generational differences

Society has become open to a point that we expect everyone to be open and suspect when people want anonimity.

Lessig’s 4 factors
1tech
2law
3market
4social norms

New defn of privacy – the right to be left alone

What have you opted in/out on your privacy settings? Do you know?

Blocking services can be dangerous as our kids won’t have any guidance at home.

Downloading of apps on facebook can give the developers everything about you.

For the second time I’ve heard that some social networks are gateway drugs to other networks.

Two choices
Limit access or educate.

If we limit access we can’t have the discussions or model behaviours.