https://ensr.oii.ox.ac.uk/designing-internet-technologies-for-the-public-good/ Understanding public policy online Mon, 07 Dec 2020 14:25:34 +0000 hourly 1 https://ensr.oii.ox.ac.uk/designing-internet-technologies-for-the-public-good/#comment-19 Thu, 30 Oct 2014 14:51:19 +0000 http://blogs.oii.ox.ac.uk/policy/?p=2887#comment-19 “… societies that wish to ensure the continued protection of core social values …” Well, I don’t know if in this globalized age a plural is warranted when it comes to “society”. As a society we just don’t pay ANY attention to our personal data. They just get gobbled up left right and center, they get mixed up with other people’s data during transit etc. I vividly remember how I used to consult with a huge civil service organisation in a European country where, when you wanted to write a new file to disk (! – that was the 80s and it was mainframe environment, but still:) you had to fill out a paper (!) form, send it to the data protection officer with details of file structure, suggested name of file, path to file and purpose. And then it was circulated to also see if no one else had a similar file name etc. Name spaces were checked etc. Then, if no one was on a vacation, you’d get the ok after a few days to create a new … file! Don’t ask me about new folders … What we had in “over-awareness” back then we now lack completely or at least no one would save passwords on servers but just only the hash and check sum to compare to the real password whenever access is negotiated.

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