danah boyd

I'm reading Born Digital by John Palfrey and Urs Gasser and am fascinated by the way they think about major issues such as privacy, safety, customization, intellectual property, and learning from the perspective of those born after 1980 for whom there is no "pre-Internet" and "post-Internet" conversion moment. I also love danah boyd's review of the book on apophenia and the disclaimer for academics: see http://www.zephoria.org/thoughts/archives/2008/08/26/born_digital_by.htm... for the full review

danah boyd has a great post today ("let the stalking begin" ) on a subject that really scares me too--stalking devices sold to parents so they can basically "stalk" their kids, keep them under surveillance all the time, protect them against internet predators. Protecting our kids is important . . . but as Pete Reilly shows, it's not the internet you need to be worrying about but the family members and family friends and trusted advisors close by.