privacy

National Intelligence Director Mike McConnell is drawing up plans, still in draft form, for authority "for the goverment to examine the content of any emai, file transfer or Web search." Read about this--and do what you can to prevent it!

I am not a "Web 2.0 cynic" (as Prof Ian Bogost describes himself), but even I chafe at the idea of "friends," a term used way too loosely and coercively.   Here are some of my views and then a reblog and a link to Ian's very compelling discussion of the difference between being a "friend" on social networking sites such as "Friendster" or "Facebook" and being (let's face it!) a "LinkedIn" contact.