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Privacy and the Obligation to Explain

Peter Rukavina
March 30, 2009
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Privacy and the Obligation to Explain

A guest lecture presented to the "Philosophy of Technology" course at the University of Prince Edward Island.

Peter Rukavina

March 30, 2009
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  1. Privacy
    and the
    Obligation to
    Explain

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  2. Privacy
    and the
    Obligation to
    Explain

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  3. ruk.ca

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  5. 5,313 blog posts

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  6. 982,577 words

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  7. 17,639 comments

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  9. writing my blog is
    how I process what
    happens in my life

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  10. I do it for myself

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  11. it’s important that I do it
    in public – it’s more
    than just a diary, it’s a
    performance

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  12. rukapedia

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  18. plazes

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  25. Default Privacy Setting
    ON

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  26. Default Privacy Setting
    OFF

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  27. “When in doubt, share it.”

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  28. Privacy
    and the
    Obligation to
    Explain

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  29. gallbladder

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  32. plazes

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  36. open source

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  41. open info

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  50. hitchhiking

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  51. http://www.flickr.com/photos/teppo/40045087/

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  52. “Pay it forward.”

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  53. obligation

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  54. The benefits of a rich,
    open pool of knowledge
    are so great that those
    who have learned have
    an obligation to share
    what they’ve learned.

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  55. Privacy
    and the
    Obligation to
    Explain

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  56. “I’m going to take a different tack on
    privacy, suggesting that the default setting
    for privacy should be ‘off,’ that we should
    all share everything always.”

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  57. “But do you really? I think it is very fair to say
    there is a range of topics which you (and any
    blogger) are more comfortable with sharing but
    aren't there whole areas of human activity that
    you do not discuss with good reason? Like
    me, you do not share anything about your sex
    life, your bowel movements, your client’s
    business matters and your doubts as to the
    capacity of those you love or rely upon. There
    may be other things. This is good and does
    not defeat your point. But there are limits.”
    – Alan McLeod

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  58. Are there limits? Why?

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  59. How would the world work if
    we all shared everything,
    always?

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