http://techliberation.com/2009/10/08/privacy-polls-v-real-world-trade-offs/ Keeping politicians' hands off the Net & everything else related to technology Tue, 14 Feb 2012 12:51:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://techliberation.com/2009/10/08/privacy-polls-v-real-world-trade-offs/comment-page-1/#comment-71892 No-Cost Opt-Outs & Online Content & Culture Thu, 02 Dec 2010 22:07:10 +0000 http://techliberation.com/?p=22306#comment-71892 <p>[...] to some, but we must take into account the opportunity costs of regulation.  The real world is full of trade-offs and, despite what the Federal Trade Commission seems to think, there is no such thing as a free [...]</p> [...] to some, but we must take into account the opportunity costs of regulation.  The real world is full of trade-offs and, despite what the Federal Trade Commission seems to think, there is no such thing as a free [...]

]]> http://techliberation.com/2009/10/08/privacy-polls-v-real-world-trade-offs/comment-page-1/#comment-70844 Privacy Polls & Real-World Trade-Offs Revisited Wed, 13 Oct 2010 21:41:02 +0000 http://techliberation.com/?p=22306#comment-70844 <p>[...] again provided funding for media and services that users just won’t pay for. As we’ve noted here before, privacy polls and surveys reveal only what the public will tell pollsters in response [...]</p> [...] again provided funding for media and services that users just won’t pay for. As we’ve noted here before, privacy polls and surveys reveal only what the public will tell pollsters in response [...]

]]> http://techliberation.com/2009/10/08/privacy-polls-v-real-world-trade-offs/comment-page-1/#comment-70827 What Privacy Conservatives & Moral Conservatives Share in Common Tue, 12 Oct 2010 20:14:13 +0000 http://techliberation.com/?p=22306#comment-70827 <p>[...] people have adapted to technological and social change.  Stated differently, regardless of what any poll or survey might suggest, citizens have generally rejected the fundamental conservatism of both the [...]</p> [...] people have adapted to technological and social change.  Stated differently, regardless of what any poll or survey might suggest, citizens have generally rejected the fundamental conservatism of both the [...]

]]> http://techliberation.com/2009/10/08/privacy-polls-v-real-world-trade-offs/comment-page-1/#comment-69634 Livetweeting Another Senate Online Privacy Hearing Today (2:30pm EST) Tue, 27 Jul 2010 18:00:34 +0000 http://techliberation.com/?p=22306#comment-69634 <p>[...] in my written testimony to the FTC’s privacy roundtable last fall. Also check out my paper Privacy Polls v. Real-World Trade-Offs, which explains why Prof. Turow’s polls can’t really show us what choices consumers [...]</p> [...] in my written testimony to the FTC’s privacy roundtable last fall. Also check out my paper Privacy Polls v. Real-World Trade-Offs, which explains why Prof. Turow’s polls can’t really show us what choices consumers [...]

]]> http://techliberation.com/2009/10/08/privacy-polls-v-real-world-trade-offs/comment-page-1/#comment-64534 Google & Openness: Allows Adblocking Extensions in Chrome — Technology Liberation Front Mon, 04 Jan 2010 23:04:30 +0000 http://techliberation.com/?p=22306#comment-64534 <p>[...] for that matter, news or discounts, either—on the basis of highly questionable opinion polls, as I’ve described. As for annoying ads, this is a problem that ad networks and ad-supported publishers, as well as [...]</p> [...] for that matter, news or discounts, either—on the basis of highly questionable opinion polls, as I’ve described. As for annoying ads, this is a problem that ad networks and ad-supported publishers, as well as [...]

]]> http://techliberation.com/2009/10/08/privacy-polls-v-real-world-trade-offs/comment-page-1/#comment-63355 Google’s Privacy Dashboard: Another Major Step Forward in User Empowerment & Transparency — Technology Liberation Front Thu, 05 Nov 2009 16:37:15 +0000 http://techliberation.com/?p=22306#comment-63355 <p>[...] & Empower Them.” Because privacy is so profoundly subjective and because there is an inherent trade-off between clamping down on data and the many benefits enjoyed by Internet users from sharing their [...]</p> [...] & Empower Them.” Because privacy is so profoundly subjective and because there is an inherent trade-off between clamping down on data and the many benefits enjoyed by Internet users from sharing their [...]

]]> http://techliberation.com/2009/10/08/privacy-polls-v-real-world-trade-offs/comment-page-1/#comment-65313 dmarti Fri, 09 Oct 2009 00:00:15 +0000 http://techliberation.com/?p=22306#comment-65313 <p>Various sites have been <a href="http://zgp.org/~dmarti/www/ad-blocking/" rel="nofollow">actively promoting ad blocking software since 1996.</a> Ad blockers are very easy to install, and don't interfere with normal web browsing. The main selling point is privacy. But the real-world rate of adoption is still tiny, even with suppliers of ad blockers having every incentive to explain or even exaggerate the privacy concerns.</p> Various sites have been actively promoting ad blocking software since 1996. Ad blockers are very easy to install, and don't interfere with normal web browsing. The main selling point is privacy. But the real-world rate of adoption is still tiny, even with suppliers of ad blockers having every incentive to explain or even exaggerate the privacy concerns.

]]> http://techliberation.com/2009/10/08/privacy-polls-v-real-world-trade-offs/comment-page-1/#comment-62763 dmarti Thu, 08 Oct 2009 20:00:15 +0000 http://techliberation.com/?p=22306#comment-62763 <p>Various sites have been <a href="http://zgp.org/~dmarti/www/ad-blocking/" rel="nofollow">actively promoting ad blocking software since 1996.</a> Ad blockers are very easy to install, and don't interfere with normal web browsing. The main selling point is privacy. But the real-world rate of adoption is still tiny, even with suppliers of ad blockers having every incentive to explain or even exaggerate the privacy concerns.</p> Various sites have been actively promoting ad blocking software since 1996. Ad blockers are very easy to install, and don't interfere with normal web browsing. The main selling point is privacy. But the real-world rate of adoption is still tiny, even with suppliers of ad blockers having every incentive to explain or even exaggerate the privacy concerns.

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