PrivacyAnonymity

Consider privacy - how much privacy do we really have and how do we inform

Are we making informed decisions? Consider the Terms of Use of Facebook - have you ever really read through those privacy issues? What about Harvard Law School's privacy terms for our email or administrative boards? Does the average user read and understand those terms? Some technological projects like the Drumbeat Privacy Icons project are working on new ways to inform users about the privacy regulations of the sites they visit. (Drumbeat is looking for proposals on how to develop a system of "privacy icons" that could easily label websites according to the degree of privacy retained by the user.)

Technological businesses and solutions such asReputationDefender also affect the issue.

Also consider how anonymity is a double-edged sword: it can protect privacy but it raises a whole host of problems regarding attribution and authorship.