i4bi wiki - User contributions [en]

Browser Privacy Design

2012-01-11T01:29:26Z

DistSocialNetworks:

[[Image:I4bi - collusion from site to browser.png|600px|thumb|left|]]
[[Image:I4bi - ambient collusion.png|600px|thumb|left|]]
[[Image:I4bi - ambient collusion dashboard.png|600px|thumb|left|]]
While there is more tracking of users' online behavior & collection of their personal data, there is no tool to easily determine who is being sent users' information or what information they collect.

Our project aims to build a browser based tool for visualizing trackers' accumulation as the user browses, with excellent user interfaces and straightforward ways to blacklist or whitelist the trackers.

The tracker visualization will appear in the browser's theme & it will grow as the user browses and more sites track her. The theme visualization will be ambient enough not to overly distract the user while she is browsing, but it will be noticeable enough as the accumulation happens that the user can get a sense of how many trackers are currently watching her. It will build off of the current Firefox plug-in [http://collusion.toolness.org Collusion].
Whenever she likes, she can click the plugin icon to go from the ambient visual to a dashboard, showing a full map of all the sites that are tracking them, and giving them the opportunity to delete, blacklist, or whitelist each site.

We assume that not many users will go to the trouble of installing our plug-in, but those that do will be privacy super-users: knowledgeable about online behavior tracking and concerned to control it. We hope to gather their preferences (if they consent to it) about which sites to black- or whitelist, and then use this to build a robust qualitative database of trackers.

This database could then be bundled into browsers -- not as a plug-in but as an option within the browser's 'Settings' dialog box -- to let non-superusers simply click "block trackers on the Master Blacklist". We hope to harness the informed preferences of the superusers to let non-superusers control tracking with the least amount of effort.

Browser Privacy Design

2012-01-11T01:25:25Z

DistSocialNetworks:

[[Image:I4bi - collusion from site to browser.png|600px|thumb|left|]]
[[Image:I4bi - ambient collusion.png|600px|thumb|left|]]
[[Image:I4bi - ambient collusion dashboard.png|600px|thumb|left|]]
While there is more tracking of users' online behavior & collection of their personal data, there is no tool to easily determine who is being sent users' information or what information they collect.

Our project aims to build a browser based tool for visualizing trackers' accumulation as the user browses, with excellent user interfaces and straightforward ways to blacklist or whitelist the trackers.

The tracker visualization will appear in the browser's theme & it will grow as the user browses and more sites track her. The theme visualization will be ambient enough not to overly distract the user while they are browsing, but it will be noticeable enough as the accumulation happens that the user can get a sense of how many trackers are currently watching her. It will build off of the current Firefox plug-in [http://collusion.toolness.org Collusion].
Whenever she likes, she can click the plugin icon to go from the ambient visual to a dashboard, showing a full map of all the sites that are tracking them, and giving them the opportunity to delete, blacklist, or whitelist each site.

We assume that not many users will go to the trouble of installing our plug-in, but those that do will be privacy super-users: knowledgeable about online behavior tracking and concerned to control it. We hope to gather their preferences (if they consent to it) about which sites to black- or whitelist, and then use this to build a robust qualitative database of trackers.

This database could then be bundled into browsers -- not as a plug-in but as an option within the browser's 'Settings' dialog box -- to let non-superusers simply click "block trackers on the Master Blacklist". We hope to harness the informed preferences of the superusers to let non-superusers control tracking with the least amount of effort.

File:I4bi - collusion from site to browser.png

2012-01-11T01:24:40Z

DistSocialNetworks:

Browser Privacy Design

2012-01-11T01:14:44Z

DistSocialNetworks:

[[Image:I4bi - ambient collusion.png|600px|thumb|left|]]
[[Image:I4bi - ambient collusion dashboard.png|600px|thumb|left|]]
While there is more tracking of users' online behavior & collection of their personal data, there is no tool to easily determine who is being sent users' information or what information they collect.

Our project aims to build a browser based tool for visualizing trackers' accumulation as the user browses, with excellent user interfaces and straightforward ways to blacklist or whitelist the trackers.

The tracker visualization will appear in the browser's theme & it will grow as the user browses and more sites track her. The theme visualization will be ambient enough not to overly distract the user while they are browsing, but it will be noticeable enough as the accumulation happens that the user can get a sense of how many trackers are currently watching her. It will build off of the current Firefox plug-in [http://collusion.toolness.org Collusion].
Whenever she likes, she can click the plugin icon to go from the ambient visual to a dashboard, showing a full map of all the sites that are tracking them, and giving them the opportunity to delete, blacklist, or whitelist each site.

We assume that not many users will go to the trouble of installing our plug-in, but those that do will be privacy super-users: knowledgeable about online behavior tracking and concerned to control it. We hope to gather their preferences (if they consent to it) about which sites to black- or whitelist, and then use this to build a robust qualitative database of trackers.

This database could then be bundled into browsers -- not as a plug-in but as an option within the browser's 'Settings' dialog box -- to let non-superusers simply click "block trackers on the Master Blacklist". We hope to harness the informed preferences of the superusers to let non-superusers control tracking with the least amount of effort.

Browser Privacy Design

2012-01-11T01:12:14Z

DistSocialNetworks:

[[Image:I4bi - ambient collusion.png|600px|thumb|left|]]
[[Image:I4bi - ambient collusion dashboard.png|600px|thumb|left|]]
While there is more tracking of users' online behavior & collection of their personal data, there is no tool to easily determine who is being sent users' information or what information they collect.

Our project aims to build a browser based tool for visualizing trackers' accumulation as the user browses, with excellent user interfaces and straightforward ways to blacklist or whitelist the trackers.

The tracker visualization will grow as the user browse, and will happen in the browser's theme. It will be ambient enough not to bother or distract the user while they are browsing, but it will be noticeable enough as the accumulation happens that the user can see what is happening if they like. It will build off of the current Firefox plug-in [http://collusion.toolness.org Collusion].
Whenever they like, they can click the plugin icon to go from the ambient visual to a dashboard, showing a full map of all the sites that are tracking them, and giving them the opportunity to delete, blacklist, or whitelist each site.

We assume that not many users will go to the trouble of installing our plug-in, but those that do will be privacy super-users: knowledgeable about online behavior tracking and concerned to control it. We hope to gather their preferences (if they consent to it) about which sites to black- or whitelist, and then use this to build a robust qualitative database of trackers.

This database could then be bundled into browsers -- not as a plug-in but as an option within the browser's 'Settings' dialog box -- to let non-superusers simply click "block trackers on the Master Blacklist". We hope to harness the informed preferences of the superusers to let non-superusers control tracking with the least amount of effort.

Browser Privacy Design

2012-01-11T01:08:01Z

DistSocialNetworks:

[[Image:PrivacyBrowserTicker.jpg|200px|thumb|left|One possible browser design: with the Collusion graph in the browser theme, and also a blue ticker in the plug-in bar, ticking across what personally identifiable information of the user is being sent to what site.]]While there is more tracking of users' online behavior & collection of their personal data, there is no tool to easily determine who is being sent users' information or what information they collect.

Our project aims to build a browser based tool for visualizing trackers' accumulation as the user browses, with excellent user interfaces and straightforward ways to blacklist or whitelist the trackers.

The tracker visualization will grow as the user browse, and will happen in the browser's theme. It will be ambient enough not to bother or distract the user while they are browsing, but it will be noticeable enough as the accumulation happens that the user can see what is happening if they like. It will build off of the current Firefox plug-in [http://collusion.toolness.org Collusion].
Whenever they like, they can click the plugin icon to go from the ambient visual to a dashboard, showing a full map of all the sites that are tracking them, and giving them the opportunity to delete, blacklist, or whitelist each site.

We assume that not many users will go to the trouble of installing our plug-in, but those that do will be privacy super-users: knowledgeable about online behavior tracking and concerned to control it. We hope to gather their preferences (if they consent to it) about which sites to black- or whitelist, and then use this to build a robust qualitative database of trackers.

This database could then be bundled into browsers -- not as a plug-in but as an option within the browser's 'Settings' dialog box -- to let non-superusers simply click "block trackers on the Master Blacklist". We hope to harness the informed preferences of the superusers to let non-superusers control tracking with the least amount of effort.

[[Image:I4bi - ambient collusion.png|600px|thumb|center|]]
[[Image:I4bi - ambient collusion dashboard.png|600px|thumb|center|]]

Browser Privacy Design

2012-01-11T01:07:10Z

DistSocialNetworks:

[[Image:PrivacyBrowserTicker.jpg|200px|thumb|left|One possible browser design: with the Collusion graph in the browser theme, and also a blue ticker in the plug-in bar, ticking across what personally identifiable information of the user is being sent to what site.]]While there is more tracking of users' online behavior & collection of their personal data, there is no tool to easily determine who is being sent users' information or what information they collect.
[[Image:PrivacyiFrame.jpg|200px|thumb|left|Once the user clicks on the ambient visuals, an iframe of their privacy visual will appear, giving them an overall view of what sites are tracking them, and a toolbox to delete, blacklist, or whitelist the sites.]]
Our project aims to build a browser based tool for visualizing trackers' accumulation as the user browses, with excellent user interfaces and straightforward ways to blacklist or whitelist the trackers.

The tracker visualization will grow as the user browse, and will happen in the browser's theme. It will be ambient enough not to bother or distract the user while they are browsing, but it will be noticeable enough as the accumulation happens that the user can see what is happening if they like. It will build off of the current Firefox plug-in [http://collusion.toolness.org Collusion].

[[Image:I4bi - ambient collusion.png|600px|thumb|center|]]
[[Image:I4bi - ambient collusion dashboard.png|600px|thumb|center|]]

Whenever they like, they can click the plugin icon to go from the ambient visual to a dashboard, showing a full map of all the sites that are tracking them, and giving them the opportunity to delete, blacklist, or whitelist each site.

We assume that not many users will go to the trouble of installing our plug-in, but those that do will be privacy super-users: knowledgeable about online behavior tracking and concerned to control it. We hope to gather their preferences (if they consent to it) about which sites to black- or whitelist, and then use this to build a robust qualitative database of trackers.

This database could then be bundled into browsers -- not as a plug-in but as an option within the browser's 'Settings' dialog box -- to let non-superusers simply click "block trackers on the Master Blacklist". We hope to harness the informed preferences of the superusers to let non-superusers control tracking with the least amount of effort.

File:I4bi - ambient collusion dashboard.png

2012-01-11T01:05:59Z

DistSocialNetworks:

Browser Privacy Design

2012-01-10T20:28:58Z

DistSocialNetworks:

[[Image:PrivacyBrowserTicker.jpg|200px|thumb|left|One possible browser design: with the Collusion graph in the browser theme, and also a blue ticker in the plug-in bar, ticking across what personally identifiable information of the user is being sent to what site.]]While there is more tracking of users' online behavior & collection of their personal data, there is no tool to easily determine who is being sent users' information or what information they collect.
[[Image:PrivacyiFrame.jpg|200px|thumb|left|Once the user clicks on the ambient visuals, an iframe of their privacy visual will appear, giving them an overall view of what sites are tracking them, and a toolbox to delete, blacklist, or whitelist the sites.]]
Our project aims to build a browser based tool for visualizing trackers' accumulation as the user browses, with excellent user interfaces and straightforward ways to blacklist or whitelist the trackers.

The tracker visualization will grow as the user browse, and will happen in the browser's theme. It will be ambient enough not to bother or distract the user while they are browsing, but it will be noticeable enough as the accumulation happens that the user can see what is happening if they like. It will build off of the current Firefox plug-in [http://collusion.toolness.org Collusion].

[[Image:I4bi - ambient collusion.png|600px|thumb|left|]]

Whenever they like, they can click the plugin icon to go from the ambient visual to a dashboard, showing a full map of all the sites that are tracking them, and giving them the opportunity to delete, blacklist, or whitelist each site.

We assume that not many users will go to the trouble of installing our plug-in, but those that do will be privacy super-users: knowledgeable about online behavior tracking and concerned to control it. We hope to gather their preferences (if they consent to it) about which sites to black- or whitelist, and then use this to build a robust qualitative database of trackers.

This database could then be bundled into browsers -- not as a plug-in but as an option within the browser's 'Settings' dialog box -- to let non-superusers simply click "block trackers on the Master Blacklist". We hope to harness the informed preferences of the superusers to let non-superusers control tracking with the least amount of effort.

File:I4bi - ambient collusion.png

2012-01-10T20:26:34Z

DistSocialNetworks:

Browser Privacy Design

2012-01-09T06:45:21Z

DistSocialNetworks:

[[Image:PrivacyBrowserTicker.jpg|200px|thumb|left|One possible browser design: with the Collusion graph in the browser theme, and also a blue ticker in the plug-in bar, ticking across what personally identifiable information of the user is being sent to what site.]]While there is more tracking of users' online behavior & collection of their personal data, there is no tool to easily determine who is being sent users' information or what information they collect.
[[Image:PrivacyiFrame.jpg|200px|thumb|left|Once the user clicks on the ambient visuals, an iframe of their privacy visual will appear, giving them an overall view of what sites are tracking them, and a toolbox to delete, blacklist, or whitelist the sites.]]
Our project aims to build a browser based tool for visualizing trackers' accumulation as the user browses, with excellent user interfaces and straightforward ways to blacklist or whitelist the trackers.

The tracker visualization will grow as the user browse, and will happen in the browser's theme. It will be ambient enough not to bother or distract the user while they are browsing, but it will be noticeable enough as the accumulation happens that the user can see what is happening if they like. It will build off of the current Firefox plug-in [http://collusion.toolness.org Collusion].

Whenever they like, they can click the plugin icon to go from the ambient visual to a dashboard, showing a full map of all the sites that are tracking them, and giving them the opportunity to delete, blacklist, or whitelist each site.

We assume that not many users will go to the trouble of installing our plug-in, but those that do will be privacy super-users: knowledgeable about online behavior tracking and concerned to control it. We hope to gather their preferences (if they consent to it) about which sites to black- or whitelist, and then use this to build a robust qualitative database of trackers.

This database could then be bundled into browsers -- not as a plug-in but as an option within the browser's 'Settings' dialog box -- to let non-superusers simply click "block trackers on the Master Blacklist". We hope to harness the informed preferences of the superusers to let non-superusers control tracking with the least amount of effort.

Browser Privacy Design

2012-01-09T06:44:29Z

DistSocialNetworks:

While there is more tracking of users' online behavior & collection of their personal data, there is no tool to easily determine who is being sent users' information or what information they collect.

[[Image:PrivacyBrowserTicker.jpg|200px|thumb|left|One possible browser design: with the Collusion graph in the browser theme, and also a blue ticker in the plug-in bar, ticking across what personally identifiable information of the user is being sent to what site.]]
Our project aims to build a browser based tool for visualizing trackers' accumulation as the user browses, with excellent user interfaces and straightforward ways to blacklist or whitelist the trackers.

The tracker visualization will grow as the user browse, and will happen in the browser's theme. It will be ambient enough not to bother or distract the user while they are browsing, but it will be noticeable enough as the accumulation happens that the user can see what is happening if they like. It will build off of the current Firefox plug-in [http://collusion.toolness.org Collusion].
[[Image:PrivacyiFrame.jpg|200px|thumb|left|Once the user clicks on the ambient visuals, an iframe of their privacy visual will appear, giving them an overall view of what sites are tracking them, and a toolbox to delete, blacklist, or whitelist the sites.]]
Whenever they like, they can click the plugin icon to go from the ambient visual to a dashboard, showing a full map of all the sites that are tracking them, and giving them the opportunity to delete, blacklist, or whitelist each site.

We assume that not many users will go to the trouble of installing our plug-in, but those that do will be privacy super-users: knowledgeable about online behavior tracking and concerned to control it. We hope to gather their preferences (if they consent to it) about which sites to black- or whitelist, and then use this to build a robust qualitative database of trackers.

This database could then be bundled into browsers -- not as a plug-in but as an option within the browser's 'Settings' dialog box -- to let non-superusers simply click "block trackers on the Master Blacklist". We hope to harness the informed preferences of the superusers to let non-superusers control tracking with the least amount of effort.

Browser Privacy Design

2012-01-09T06:43:35Z

DistSocialNetworks:

While there is more tracking of users' online behavior & collection of their personal data, there is no tool to easily determine who is being sent users' information or what information they collect.

Our project aims to build a browser based tool for visualizing trackers' accumulation as the user browses, with excellent user interfaces and straightforward ways to blacklist or whitelist the trackers.

The tracker visualization will grow as the user browse, and will happen in the browser's theme. It will be ambient enough not to bother or distract the user while they are browsing, but it will be noticeable enough as the accumulation happens that the user can see what is happening if they like. It will build off of the current Firefox plug-in [http://collusion.toolness.org Collusion].

Whenever they like, they can click the plugin icon to go from the ambient visual to a dashboard, showing a full map of all the sites that are tracking them, and giving them the opportunity to delete, blacklist, or whitelist each site.

[[Image:PrivacyBrowserTicker.jpg|200px|thumb|left|One possible browser design: with the Collusion graph in the browser theme, and also a blue ticker in the plug-in bar, ticking across what personally identifiable information of the user is being sent to what site.]]

We assume that not many users will go to the trouble of installing our plug-in, but those that do will be privacy super-users: knowledgeable about online behavior tracking and concerned to control it. We hope to gather their preferences (if they consent to it) about which sites to black- or whitelist, and then use this to build a robust qualitative database of trackers.

[[Image:PrivacyiFrame.jpg|200px|thumb|left|Once the user clicks on the ambient visuals, an iframe of their privacy visual will appear, giving them an overall view of what sites are tracking them, and a toolbox to delete, blacklist, or whitelist the sites.]]

This database could then be bundled into browsers -- not as a plug-in but as an option within the browser's 'Settings' dialog box -- to let non-superusers simply click "block trackers on the Master Blacklist". We hope to harness the informed preferences of the superusers to let non-superusers control tracking with the least amount of effort.

Browser Privacy Design

2012-01-09T06:41:13Z

DistSocialNetworks:

While there is more tracking of users' online behavior & collection of their personal data, there is no tool to easily determine who is being sent users' information or what information they collect.

Our project aims to build a browser based tool for visualizing trackers' accumulation as the user browses, with excellent user interfaces and straightforward ways to blacklist or whitelist the trackers.

The tracker visualization will grow as the user browse, and will happen in the browser's theme. It will be ambient enough not to bother or distract the user while they are browsing, but it will be noticeable enough as the accumulation happens that the user can see what is happening if they like. It will build off of the current Firefox plug-in [http://collusion.toolness.org Collusion].

Whenever they like, they can click the plugin icon to go from the ambient visual to a dashboard, showing a full map of all the sites that are tracking them, and giving them the opportunity to delete, blacklist, or whitelist each site.

[[File:PrivacyBrowserTicker.jpg|thumb|One possible browser design: with the Collusion graph in the browser theme, and also a blue ticker in the plug-in bar, ticking across what personally identifiable information of the user is being sent to what site.]]

We assume that not many users will go to the trouble of installing our plug-in, but those that do will be privacy super-users: knowledgeable about online behavior tracking and concerned to control it. We hope to gather their preferences (if they consent to it) about which sites to black- or whitelist, and then use this to build a robust qualitative database of trackers.

[[File:PrivacyiFrame.jpg|thumb|Once the user clicks on the ambient visuals, an iframe of their privacy visual will appear, giving them an overall view of what sites are tracking them, and a toolbox to delete, blacklist, or whitelist the sites.]]

This database could then be bundled into browsers -- not as a plug-in but as an option within the browser's 'Settings' dialog box -- to let non-superusers simply click "block trackers on the Master Blacklist". We hope to harness the informed preferences of the superusers to let non-superusers control tracking with the least amount of effort.

File:PrivacyiFrame.jpg

2012-01-09T06:38:42Z

DistSocialNetworks:

Browser Privacy Design

2012-01-09T06:37:51Z

DistSocialNetworks:

While there is more tracking of users' online behavior & collection of their personal data, there is no tool to easily determine who is being sent users' information or what information they collect.

Our project aims to build a browser based tool for visualizing trackers' accumulation as the user browses, with excellent user interfaces and straightforward ways to blacklist or whitelist the trackers.

The tracker visualization will grow as the user browse, and will happen in the browser's theme. It will be ambient enough not to bother or distract the user while they are browsing, but it will be noticeable enough as the accumulation happens that the user can see what is happening if they like. It will build off of the current Firefox plug-in [http://collusion.toolness.org Collusion].

Whenever they like, they can click the plugin icon to go from the ambient visual to a dashboard, showing a full map of all the sites that are tracking them, and giving them the opportunity to delete, blacklist, or whitelist each site.
[[File:PrivacyBrowserTicker.jpg|thumb|Caption One possible browser design: with the Collusion graph in the browser theme, and also a blue ticker in the plug-in bar, ticking across what personally identifiable information of the user is being sent to what site.]

We assume that not many users will go to the trouble of installing our plug-in, but those that do will be privacy super-users: knowledgeable about online behavior tracking and concerned to control it. We hope to gather their preferences (if they consent to it) about which sites to black- or whitelist, and then use this to build a robust qualitative database of trackers.

This database could then be bundled into browsers -- not as a plug-in but as an option within the browser's 'Settings' dialog box -- to let non-superusers simply click "block trackers on the Master Blacklist". We hope to harness the informed preferences of the superusers to let non-superusers control tracking with the least amount of effort.

File:PrivacyBrowserTicker.jpg

2012-01-09T06:34:55Z

DistSocialNetworks:

File:Privacybrowserticker.gif

2012-01-09T06:33:57Z

DistSocialNetworks:

Browser Privacy Design

2012-01-09T06:23:49Z

DistSocialNetworks:

While there is more tracking of users' online behavior & collection of their personal data, there is no tool to easily determine who is being sent users' information or what information they collect.

Our project aims to build a browser based tool for visualizing trackers' accumulation as the user browses, with excellent user interfaces and straightforward ways to blacklist or whitelist the trackers.

The tracker visualization will grow as the user browse, and will happen in the browser's theme. It will be ambient enough not to bother or distract the user while they are browsing, but it will be noticeable enough as the accumulation happens that the user can see what is happening if they like. It will build off of the current Firefox plug-in [http://collusion.toolness.org Collusion].

Whenever they like, they can click the plugin icon to go from the ambient visual to a dashboard, showing a full map of all the sites that are tracking them, and giving them the opportunity to delete, blacklist, or whitelist each site.

We assume that not many users will go to the trouble of installing our plug-in, but those that do will be privacy super-users: knowledgeable about online behavior tracking and concerned to control it. We hope to gather their preferences (if they consent to it) about which sites to black- or whitelist, and then use this to build a robust qualitative database of trackers.

This database could then be bundled into browsers -- not as a plug-in but as an option within the browser's 'Settings' dialog box -- to let non-superusers simply click "block trackers on the Master Blacklist". We hope to harness the informed preferences of the superusers to let non-superusers control tracking with the least amount of effort.

Tracker Control

2012-01-08T07:36:45Z

DistSocialNetworks: Removing all content from page

Browser Privacy Design

2012-01-08T07:35:38Z

DistSocialNetworks: New page: While there is more tracking of users' online behavior & collection of their personal data, there is no tool to easily determine who is being sent users' information or what information th...

While there is more tracking of users' online behavior & collection of their personal data, there is no tool to easily determine who is being sent users' information or what information they collect.

Our project aims to build a browser based tool for visualizing trackers' accumulation as the user browses, with excellent user interfaces and straightforward ways to blacklist or whitelist the trackers.

The tracker visualization will grow as the user browse, and will happen in the browser's theme. It will be ambient enough not to bother or distract the user while they are browsing, but it will be noticeable enough as the accumulation happens that the user can see what is happening if they like.

Whenever they like, they can click the plugin icon to go from the ambient visual to a dashboard, showing a full map of all the sites that are tracking them, and giving them the opportunity to delete, blacklist, or whitelist each site.

We assume that not many users will go to the trouble of installing our plug-in, but those that do will be privacy super-users: knowledgeable about online behavior tracking and concerned to control it. We hope to gather their preferences (if they consent to it) about which sites to black- or whitelist, and then use this to build a robust qualitative database of trackers.

This database could then be bundled into browsers -- not as a plug-in but as an option within the browser's 'Settings' dialog box -- to let non-superusers simply click "block trackers on the Master Blacklist". We hope to harness the informed preferences of the superusers to let non-superusers control tracking with the least amount of effort.

Main Page

2012-01-08T07:35:20Z

DistSocialNetworks: /* The Ideas */

<big>'''Ideas for a Better Internet (i4bi)'''</big>

<big>''About i4bi''</big>

This joint Harvard/Stanford interdisciplinary seminar will continue a year-long arc of developing and building ideas for a better internet. During the fall, students will incorporate ideas identified by a public call for proposals from the previous spring, and work through the process of building out these ideas. The course will meet on alternate Mondays in the fall term.

By the end of the fall session, students will have proposed a tangible means of implementing at least one idea and will have made significant progress on conceptualizing and building at least one solution. Students will interact with entrepreneurs, organizations, and policy makers with a significant stake in shaping the future of digital technology and the Internet to solicit advice, guidance, and feedback.

During the winter term students will finalize the projects that they have developed throughout the fall semester, engage in visits to companies and organizations, and prepare a working demo or proposal to be presented at a culminating event with leaders of Silicon Valley and beyond.

By the end of the course, students will have launched their solution-based projects to the world in conjunction with those proposing the ideas.

== The Ideas ==

<big>''Harvard-based Ideas''</big>

[[Mirror As You Link]]

[[Mesh Network]]

[[FOIAbase]]

[[Web Citizenship]]

<big>''Stanford-based Ideas''</big>

[[Future of Education]]

[[Distributed Social Networking]]

[[Moby Dick Project]]

[[Privacy Icons]]

[[Browser Privacy Design]]

Tracker Control

2012-01-08T07:34:20Z

DistSocialNetworks:

While there is more tracking of users' online behavior & collection of their personal data, there is no tool to easily determine who is being sent users' information or what information they collect.

Our project aims to build a browser based tool for visualizing trackers' accumulation as the user browses, with excellent user interfaces and straightforward ways to blacklist or whitelist the trackers.

The tracker visualization will grow as the user browse, and will happen in the browser's theme. It will be ambient enough not to bother or distract the user while they are browsing, but it will be noticeable enough as the accumulation happens that the user can see what is happening if they like.

Whenever they like, they can click the plugin icon to go from the ambient visual to a dashboard, showing a full map of all the sites that are tracking them, and giving them the opportunity to delete, blacklist, or whitelist each site.

We assume that not many users will go to the trouble of installing our plug-in, but those that do will be privacy super-users: knowledgeable about online behavior tracking and concerned to control it. We hope to gather their preferences (if they consent to it) about which sites to black- or whitelist, and then use this to build a robust qualitative database of trackers.

This database could then be bundled into browsers -- not as a plug-in but as an option within the browser's 'Settings' dialog box -- to let non-superusers simply click "block trackers on the Master Blacklist". We hope to harness the informed preferences of the superusers to let non-superusers control tracking with the least amount of effort.

Main Page

2012-01-08T07:33:29Z

DistSocialNetworks: /* The Ideas */

Main Page

2012-01-08T07:32:52Z

DistSocialNetworks: /* The Ideas */

Tracker Control

2012-01-08T07:31:30Z

DistSocialNetworks: New page: There's more tracking of user's online behavior & collection of their personal data, but there is no tool to easily determine who is being sent users' information or what information they ...

There's more tracking of user's online behavior & collection of their personal data, but there is no tool to easily determine who is being sent users' information or what information they collect.

Our project aims to build a browser based tool for visualizing trackers' accumulation as the user browses, with excellent user interfaces and straightforward ways to blacklist or whitelist the trackers.

The tracker visualization will grow as the user browse, and will happen in the browser's theme. It will be ambient enough not to bother or distract the user while they are browsing, but it will be noticeable enough as the accumulation happens that the user can see what is happening if they like.

Whenever they like, they can click the plugin icon to go from the ambient visual to a dashboard, showing a full map of all the sites that are tracking them, and giving them the opportunity to delete, blacklist, or whitelist each site.

We assume that not many users will go to the trouble of installing our plug-in, but those that do will be privacy super-users: knowledgeable about online behavior tracking and concerned to control it. We hope to gather their preferences (if they consent to it) about which sites to black- or whitelist, and then use this to build a robust qualitative database of trackers.

This database could then be bundled into browsers -- not as a plug-in but as an option within the browser's 'Settings' dialog box -- to let non-superusers simply click "block trackers on the Master Blacklist". We hope to harness the informed preferences of the superusers to let non-superusers control tracking with the least amount of effort.

Main Page

2012-01-08T07:17:35Z

DistSocialNetworks: /* The Ideas */

Distributed Social Networking

2011-10-27T23:55:03Z

DistSocialNetworks: /* Community Guidelines */

<big>'''Distributed Social Networking'''</big>

== The Idea ==
Our group is working with the Diaspora Foundation to build a policy framework upon which the Diaspora distributed social network can operate. Diaspora allows anyone with a server to host a pod on the network, which other users can join, store their data with, and use to connect to other Diaspora pods. Currently, there are no community rules -- let alone legal agreements -- regulating how Pod Hosters, Pod Users, and the Diaspora Foundation behave.

Our idea is to create '''a bundle of community guidelines & legal resources for the decentralized Diaspora network'''.

'''Pod Hosters''' will have more clarity about what they're allowed to do and prohibited from doing, as well as more awareness of potential liabilities of being a host. '''Pod Users''' will have a fuller sense of what treatment they can expect from their Pod Host and other Pods that they may communicate with. And the '''Diaspora Foundation''' will have a better way of establishing what Diaspora stands for, as well as clearer recourse if bad behavior does occur on the network.

In the bundle, we expect to have (1) Community Guidelines to be signed by all Pod Hosters, (2) a Model Privacy Policy that Pod Hosts can use and which the JoinDiaspora Pod will use, and (3) a legal FAQ for Pod Hosts & Users about using Diaspora. We may also include a form response letter for responding to DMCA requests.

=== Community Guidelines ===

We are drafting Community Guidelines that all Pod Hosters would have to agree to in order to remain in good standing in the Diaspora network.

This is a document of basic principles about how the Pod Hoster should treat their Users, other Hosters, and other Pod's Users. If the Hoster is later found to have violated one of these community guidelines, he could be subject to enforcement actions.

These Guidelines will be presented to all potential PodHosters on the GitHub site,<ref>https://github.com/diaspora/diaspora/wiki/Installing-and-Running-Diaspora</ref> where the Diaspora software is available for download. Before a person can download the hosting software, they will have to agree to the Guidelines.

References: <references/>

Distributed Social Networking

2011-10-27T23:43:09Z

DistSocialNetworks: /* The Idea */

<big>'''Distributed Social Networking'''</big>

== The Idea ==
Our group is working with the Diaspora Foundation to build a policy framework upon which the Diaspora distributed social network can operate. Diaspora allows anyone with a server to host a pod on the network, which other users can join, store their data with, and use to connect to other Diaspora pods. Currently, there are no community rules -- let alone legal agreements -- regulating how Pod Hosters, Pod Users, and the Diaspora Foundation behave.

Our idea is to create '''a bundle of community guidelines & legal resources for the decentralized Diaspora network'''.

'''Pod Hosters''' will have more clarity about what they're allowed to do and prohibited from doing, as well as more awareness of potential liabilities of being a host. '''Pod Users''' will have a fuller sense of what treatment they can expect from their Pod Host and other Pods that they may communicate with. And the '''Diaspora Foundation''' will have a better way of establishing what Diaspora stands for, as well as clearer recourse if bad behavior does occur on the network.

In the bundle, we expect to have (1) Community Guidelines to be signed by all Pod Hosters, (2) a Model Privacy Policy that Pod Hosts can use and which the JoinDiaspora Pod will use, and (3) a legal FAQ for Pod Hosts & Users about using Diaspora. We may also include a form response letter for responding to DMCA requests.

== Community Guidelines ==

We are drafting Community Guidelines that all Pod Hosters would have to agree to in order to remain in good standing in the Diaspora network. This is a document of basic principles about how the Pod Hoster should treat their Users, other Hosters, and other Pod's Users. If the Hoster is later found to have violated one of these community guidelines, he could be subject to enforcement actions. These Guidelines will be presented to all potential PodHosters on the GitHub site, where the Diaspora software is available for download, on the point of downloading hosting software from the Diaspora Foundation

Distributed Social Networking

2011-10-27T23:42:16Z

DistSocialNetworks: /* The Idea */

<big>'''Distributed Social Networking'''</big>

== The Idea ==
Our group is working with the Diaspora Foundation to build a policy framework upon which the Diaspora distributed social network can operate. Diaspora allows anyone with a server to host a pod on the network, which other users can join, store their data with, and use to connect to other Diaspora pods. Currently, there are no community rules -- let alone legal agreements -- regulating how Pod Hosters, Pod Users, and the Diaspora Foundation behave.

Our idea is to create '''a bundle of community guidelines & legal resources for the decentralized Diaspora network'''.

'''Pod Hosters''' will have more clarity about what they're allowed to do and prohibited from doing, as well as more awareness of potential liabilities of being a host. '''Pod Users''' will have a fuller sense of what they can expect from their Host and other Pods. And the '''Diaspora Foundation''' will have a better way of establishing what Diaspora stands for, as well as clearer recourse if bad behavior does occur on the network.

In the bundle, we expect to have (1) Community Guidelines to be signed by all Pod Hosters, (2) a Model Privacy Policy that Pod Hosts can use and which the JoinDiaspora Pod will use, and (3) a legal FAQ for Pod Hosts & Users about using Diaspora. We may also include a form response letter for responding to DMCA requests.

== Community Guidelines ==

We are drafting Community Guidelines that all Pod Hosters would have to agree to in order to remain in good standing in the Diaspora network. This is a document of basic principles about how the Pod Hoster should treat their Users, other Hosters, and other Pod's Users. If the Hoster is later found to have violated one of these community guidelines, he could be subject to enforcement actions. These Guidelines will be presented to all potential PodHosters on the GitHub site, where the Diaspora software is available for download, on the point of downloading hosting software from the Diaspora Foundation

Distributed Social Networking

2011-10-27T23:32:55Z

DistSocialNetworks: /* The Idea */

<big>'''Distributed Social Networking'''</big>

== The Idea ==
Our group is working with the Diaspora Foundation [http://diasporafoundation.org/] to build a policy framework upon which the Diaspora distributed social network can operate. Diaspora allows anyone with a server to host a pod on the network, which other users can join, store their data with, and use to connect to other Diaspora pods. Currently, there are no community rules -- let alone legal agreements -- regulating how Pod Hosters, Pod Users, and the Diaspora Foundation behave.

Our idea is to create '''a bundle of community guidelines & legal resources for the decentralized Diaspora network'''. People who decide to be Pod Hosters will have more clarity about what they're allowed to do and prohibited from doing, as well as more awareness of potential liabilities of being a host. Pod Users will have a fuller sense of what they can expect from their Host and other Pods. And the Diaspora Foundation will have a better way of establishing what Diaspora stands for, as well as clearer recourse if bad behavior does occur on the network.

We are drafting Community Guidelines that all Pod Hosters would have to agree to in order to remain in good standing in the Diaspora network. This is a document of basic principles about how the Pod Hoster should treat their Users, other Hosters, and other Pod's Users. If the Hoster is later found to have violated one of these community guidelines, he could be subject to enforcement actions. These Guidelines will be presented to all potential PodHosters on the GitHub site, where the Diaspora software is available for download, on the point of downloading hosting software from the Diaspora Foundation

Distributed Social Networking

2011-10-27T23:26:57Z

DistSocialNetworks: /* The Idea */

Distributed Social Networking

2011-10-27T23:20:06Z

DistSocialNetworks: /* The Idea */