Online Privacy, Microcelebrity, and Social Networks

There have been quite a few articles, reports, and blog posts about the subject of online privacy recently, many of which focus specifically on Facebook and social networks, others on the Web as a whole. Here are several of the latest writings on the topic:

Facebook and the price of user privacy
ZDNet

Mixed signals on privacy concerns: Internet users say they want to protect personal data, then share it with total strangers.
The Mercury News

Privacy Implications of Fast, Mobile Internet Access
Pew Internet & American Life Report

Clive Thompson on the Age of Microcelebrity: Why Everyone’s a Little Brad Pitt
Wired

The Future of Reputation: Gossip, Rumor, and Privacy on the Internet
Daniel J. Solove: Yale University Press (2007) (Full Text Available here)

Your Guide to Online Privacy
MediaShift

Does Privacy Matter to Most Facebook Users? Let’s look at some data
comScore

Should We Assume There Is No Privacy Online? Have Widgets Killed Privacy?
CenterNetworks

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