Tracking

I have been looking at current ways to track online activity, one of the main sources that kept craopping up was Trakzor, its a myspace/facebook profile tracker. Facebook have a strict privacy policy which has been very tight so far as there are no current trackers which can be implented into facebook apps.

There are different methods in how to track online use, for my IDAT204 organism project with Chris Speed we looked at traffic coming intot eh pc and displaying it through a visual program (Processing).

I came across an IE css tip, developed by Jeremiah Grossman on fire fox but then developed again on IE by Christian Heilmann

Taking a few steps futher i decided to look at RSS feeds, they mainly stream live news feeds to a specific site.
Here is my attempt to get some news from CNN.com:

I am now curious as to know if I can use this on a social privacy level. Facebook mention an app called Bloglines, so they already acknowledge it as a legitimate piece of coding.

More to follow…

From my presentation…

During my presetnation with joasia I pointed out the issue of privacy. Today in the news, Google have been sued over their Street View project.

“Google is getting sued over Street View pics in the States by a Pennsylvania couple saying that images of their home that appear Street View “violated their privacy, devalued their property, and caused them mental suffering”.

Mr and Mrs Boring (really) say the images of their home on the Google site had to be taken from their long driveway, labelled “Private Road” and that violated their privacy.

In response, Google, who have faced criticism over privacy issues with Street View in the past, says there is a way to request images are removed from the system, and that if the Borings had made this request, the website would have complied.

“There’s no merit to this action”, a Google spokesperson said. “It is unfortunate litigation was chosen to address the concern because we have visible tools, such as a YouTube video, to help people learn about imagery removal and an easy-to-use process to facilitate image removal.”

The Boring’s lawyer has said that removing the image doesn’t undo the damage caused.” – www.sky.com/news (9/4/8)

With the deadline due so soon it is becoming clear on how privacy really is a massive issue online. I have to tread carefully.