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YouTube Awards Bypass Britney’s No. 1 Privacy Advocate

Friday, March 21st, 2008

Chris Crocker’s “Leave Britney Alone!” receiving tens of millions of views and inspiring thousands of imitators and satirists seemed a sure bet for a YouTube award. As viral as the video was, we would like to think that the concept of privacy and respect for an individual’s dignity and sanctity — even if […]

Can You Make Your Sudden and Unsolicited Fame Go Away?

Friday, March 14th, 2008

Recent days have produced our latest instant celebrity, Eliot Spitzer’s call girl, Ashley Alexandra Dupre, a.k.a. Ashley Youmans, a.k.a. Kristen. It’s clear from the semi-nude photographs of Ashley Dupre which the New York Post has just published, that going into seclusion does not solve the problem. Although her court-appointed lawyer, Don D. […]

Only Your Digital Shadow Knows….

Wednesday, March 12th, 2008

Your digital shadow has a life of its own. Literally.
The digital universe — the pile of digital information that includes everything from e-mail to YouTube videos — is growing faster than previously thought, according to a new study from the research firm IDC.
IDC now estimates that, at 281 exabytes, the digital universe in 2007 […]

Leaving Facebook: The Long Goodbye or the Impossible Goodbye?

Wednesday, February 13th, 2008

News surfaced in recent days that users could deactivate but not delete their Facebook profiles, but the glare of publicity and Facebook member outrage has forced Facebook to reverse the Facebook profile deletion policy.
Until now, Facebook has offered only a deactivation option, which keeps copies of the account’s personal information on the company’s servers. It […]