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Mujuku A sobering thought! Huge privacy implications - but also makes me feel that I'm just one tiny piece in a massive puzzle.
Pablo Valerio @Mujuku, today location data is a "by-product" of using a cell phone (and I mean any cell phone). The key issue is collecting and storing. It is important how long cell providers store your location...
Mujuku I suppose cellphone companies will want to sell the data at market rates, which will be expensive. Meanwhile, if governments try to set up compulsory acquisition of the data it is unlikely to go...
Pablo Valerio Nicole, I use a series of "free" service on my smartphone, including Google Maps, Weather Apps, the "Bicing" app, the Barcelona transit service, etc. Using these apps I agree to share some "location"...
Nicole Ferraro Pablo, The European Union is pretty on top of this stuff, which is great. We're fumbling when it comes to data protection in the US. I agree that the snooping by the government, etc., is scarier,...
Pablo Valerio Ha! Nicole, this is always the big issue. Not only you need to "opt-out" instead of "opt-in" but, using smartphones, people don't read privacy notices on small screens. But I don't consider the...
Nicole Ferraro Nice, informative post, Pablo. Thank you. Re: "For example, Verizon is working on a project to sell demographic information about people who attend certain events, like how they got there and where...
Venks we must remember that crowdsourced evidence, is only part of the process that solves a crime. Yeah, you are probably right, thinbluedba. This is only a part of the solution. But, I was trying...
thinbluedba That's an very interesting scenario! To counter that tactic, we can use generally agreed upon markers for that specific scene, probably video and images gathered from reliable sources, and compare...
thinbluedba The mob mentality and vigilantes definitely occurred with the Vancouver riots as well. Two studies were conducted that actually concluded that sort of behaviour actually is a detriment to investigations....
Nicole Ferraro Re: "I'm not sure if even having a system for the public will help, as we are naturally social animals are like to share and talk and the anonymity of the internet results in a lack of accountability...
richheap Thanks Susan. I knew this had happened in the Boston bombing, but didn't know that other part of the story. I don't want to speculate whether the accusations had an impact but it does show that we...
Susan Leach "My worry is that when the info also spreads quickly around the internet, it brings out every bedroom super-sleuth wannabe who start using 'evidence' to make false accusations against innocent people." This...
richheap I'm sceptical about crowdsourced evidence. I don't mind if relevant photos or videos go to the police, even though it's an awful lot of information for them to trawl through. But it is a problem...
Venks Thanks for the blog, Jason. Its a real eye-opener seeking help fromthe general public incase of mishaps. Its heartening to see that the public is over helpful to the law enforcement authorities in...
thinbluedba Hi Nicole, You definitely raise an important point. Even just by looking at traditional journalism with TV news, there have been cases where the criminals are watching the news as the event...
Nicole Ferraro Yes! I believe that's exactly what happened after the Vancouver riots, actually, if I'm remembering correctly. Facebook pages and sites were launched where people could upload photos of the individuals...
Mujuku You make a very good point, Nicole. Another aspect of this is the way this evidence made public can fuel a media frenzy and witch hunts. We don't want vigilantes - the kind of system Jason suggests...
Mujuku You make a very good point, Nicole. Another aspect of this is the way this evidence made public can fuel a media frenzy and witch hunts. We don't want vigilantes - the kind of system Jason suggests...
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Pablo Valerio, International Business & IT Consultant
5/20/2013
Using analytics, cities can leverage cellphone data to provide improved services and save money on sensors and infrastructure. However, cell operators don't make that easy. Rather, ...
Jason Cheung, Database Architect, Vancouver, BC, Police
5/16/2013
The Boston Marathon bombings and request by officials for digital evidence from the public reminded me of a problem with law enforcement's ability to handle such requests.
Andrew Froehlich, Network Engineer & IT Consultant
5/15/2013
Thanks to rising insurance costs, new US regulation, and challenging technology requirements, private medical practices and rural hospitals are becoming extinct. Cities must ...
Alan Reiter, President, Wireless Internet & Mobile Computing
5/14/2013
Cory Booker of Newark, NJ, is the poster child for mayors who use Twitter. Though Booker generally knows what he's doing, politicians must be careful about using this medium.
Mary Jander, Managing Editor, UBM’s Future Cities
5/13/2013
The terms "analytics" and "big-data" are ubiquitous these days; and like many other buzzwords, they seem to switch meanings, depending on who's using them.
Mary Jander, Managing Editor, UBM’s Future Cities
4/29/2013
The police department in Vancouver, BC, used to double as a mental-health agency -- that is, until the city deployed information to fix the problem.
John Foley, Editor, InformationWeek Government
4/26/2013
Only 7 percent of IT pros in municipal government say their city's IT strategy for providing better, more efficient public services is progressive and well conceived.
Alan Reiter, President, Wireless Internet & Mobile Computing
5/14/2013
Cory Booker of Newark, NJ, is the poster child for mayors who use Twitter. Though Booker generally knows what he's doing, politicians must be careful about using this medium.
Jason Cheung, Database Architect, Vancouver, BC, Police
5/16/2013
The Boston Marathon bombings and request by officials for digital evidence from the public reminded me of a problem with law enforcement's ability to handle such requests.
Andrew Froehlich, Network Engineer & IT Consultant
5/15/2013
Thanks to rising insurance costs, new US regulation, and challenging technology requirements, private medical practices and rural hospitals are becoming extinct. Cities must ...
Pablo Valerio, International Business & IT Consultant
5/20/2013
Using analytics, cities can leverage cellphone data to provide improved services and save money on sensors and infrastructure. However, cell operators don't make that easy. Rather, ...
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Mujuku A sobering thought! Huge privacy implications - but also makes me feel that I'm just one tiny piece in a massive puzzle.
Pablo Valerio @Mujuku, today location data is a "by-product" of using a cell phone (and I mean any cell phone). The key issue is collecting and storing. It is important how long cell providers store your location...
Mujuku I suppose cellphone companies will want to sell the data at market rates, which will be expensive. Meanwhile, if governments try to set up compulsory acquisition of the data it is unlikely to go...
Pablo Valerio Nicole, I use a series of "free" service on my smartphone, including Google Maps, Weather Apps, the "Bicing" app, the Barcelona transit service, etc. Using these apps I agree to share some "location"...
Nicole Ferraro Pablo, The European Union is pretty on top of this stuff, which is great. We're fumbling when it comes to data protection in the US. I agree that the snooping by the government, etc., is scarier,...
Pablo Valerio Ha! Nicole, this is always the big issue. Not only you need to "opt-out" instead of "opt-in" but, using smartphones, people don't read privacy notices on small screens. But I don't consider the...
Nicole Ferraro Nice, informative post, Pablo. Thank you. Re: "For example, Verizon is working on a project to sell demographic information about people who attend certain events, like how they got there and where...
Venks we must remember that crowdsourced evidence, is only part of the process that solves a crime. Yeah, you are probably right, thinbluedba. This is only a part of the solution. But, I was trying...
thinbluedba That's an very interesting scenario! To counter that tactic, we can use generally agreed upon markers for that specific scene, probably video and images gathered from reliable sources, and compare...
thinbluedba The mob mentality and vigilantes definitely occurred with the Vancouver riots as well. Two studies were conducted that actually concluded that sort of behaviour actually is a detriment to investigations....
Nicole Ferraro Re: "I'm not sure if even having a system for the public will help, as we are naturally social animals are like to share and talk and the anonymity of the internet results in a lack of accountability...
richheap Thanks Susan. I knew this had happened in the Boston bombing, but didn't know that other part of the story. I don't want to speculate whether the accusations had an impact but it does show that we...
Susan Leach "My worry is that when the info also spreads quickly around the internet, it brings out every bedroom super-sleuth wannabe who start using 'evidence' to make false accusations against innocent people." This...
richheap I'm sceptical about crowdsourced evidence. I don't mind if relevant photos or videos go to the police, even though it's an awful lot of information for them to trawl through. But it is a problem...
Venks Thanks for the blog, Jason. Its a real eye-opener seeking help fromthe general public incase of mishaps. Its heartening to see that the public is over helpful to the law enforcement authorities in...
thinbluedba Hi Nicole, You definitely raise an important point. Even just by looking at traditional journalism with TV news, there have been cases where the criminals are watching the news as the event...
Nicole Ferraro Yes! I believe that's exactly what happened after the Vancouver riots, actually, if I'm remembering correctly. Facebook pages and sites were launched where people could upload photos of the individuals...
Mujuku You make a very good point, Nicole. Another aspect of this is the way this evidence made public can fuel a media frenzy and witch hunts. We don't want vigilantes - the kind of system Jason suggests...
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