Privacy and security problems related to networks of trust by example of Facebook connect.
Supervisor: Kaido Kikkas
The purpose of the taken subject is to research privacy and security problems in websites which are using Facebook connect. The practical values of the work are case studies how to integrate Facebook connect with media service website.
The research method I choose for the work is design research. I find it the best because I can develop a practical value of a work. In the analysis part I will give an overview of the social networks in the Internet. Then I give an overview of Facebook interoperability and data portability and Facebook platform showing the real life examples and comparing their functionalities. Then I will analyze Facebook connect and its different functionalities, I will also provide some examples of existing websites using Facebook connect and give an overview of identity 2.0 and Facebook connect alternatives. The most important part of the analysis will concentrate on the security and privacy problems with Facebook connect and Facebook API, wherefrom I propose a new integration design concept.
After analysing the current situation and finding the problems and concerns I start with planning the design concept. This involves creating the project work plan and choosing right methods for the work. I will also blog entire work process to track the changes.
The second part is the process of design and development and describing the result in the process. I will draw sketches of the process and describe the outcome documentation. I will also design alternative ways of design integration.
In the evaluation part I put my concept up to the Internet for testing. I choose a test group of IT specialist and software developers who will review the concept and give suggestions of making it better. Finally I define a design a concept for integrating website with Facebook connect.
Priidu Tammeorg
IMKE 2008
Monday, December 28, 2009
A Review of a Master Thesis „FUNCTIONS OF ONLINE COMMUNITIES“ by Ivo Kiviorg
The author is using empirical research for his paper. He starts with defining the problem and choosing the objective of the work and asking the questions in the end of introductory part. It is interesting that with the questions author is dividing work in two: finding the concept functions and fitting these for existing community.
The paper is clearly quantitative research. Author clearly describes the purpose in the abstract part and it’s understood that author is trying to create a concept of functions of groups in online community. Author goes through the different theories of communities and group functions and explains the broader meaning.
The literature review and analysis in the first part of the work has big influence on the research questions and concepts. The author proposed 13 concepts of functions and tested these with the survey. The strategy of the research was quantitative as using a survey questions formed from initial concepts to existing online community rada7.ee. The survey design is small sample 387 registered users out of 5000 users of the community. He uses questionnaire containing 43 questions all the questions in 5-point scale. In the conclusions part author analyses the outcome of the survey and measures the results with the factor analysis, principal component analysis method and Varimax rotation. In the end the author is proposing the concept for trying out with other online communities.
The used methodology was not the best choice for the research and would have been design research for creating the concept and testing it with different online communities. Using only one community for the concept is not enough and takes away possibility to compare and measure the outcome more precisely.
Priidu Tammeorg
IMKE 2008
The paper is clearly quantitative research. Author clearly describes the purpose in the abstract part and it’s understood that author is trying to create a concept of functions of groups in online community. Author goes through the different theories of communities and group functions and explains the broader meaning.
The literature review and analysis in the first part of the work has big influence on the research questions and concepts. The author proposed 13 concepts of functions and tested these with the survey. The strategy of the research was quantitative as using a survey questions formed from initial concepts to existing online community rada7.ee. The survey design is small sample 387 registered users out of 5000 users of the community. He uses questionnaire containing 43 questions all the questions in 5-point scale. In the conclusions part author analyses the outcome of the survey and measures the results with the factor analysis, principal component analysis method and Varimax rotation. In the end the author is proposing the concept for trying out with other online communities.
The used methodology was not the best choice for the research and would have been design research for creating the concept and testing it with different online communities. Using only one community for the concept is not enough and takes away possibility to compare and measure the outcome more precisely.
Priidu Tammeorg
IMKE 2008
Sunday, December 20, 2009
Review of "Comments and ethics"
I chose to review wiki "Comments and ethics" since it also has only two participants as our team.
Wiki was composed in Google code, which is basically ok to choose but maybe not the best choise for wikipage. Users were posting their info with separate links and divided their tasks.
Andris Reiman described the short history of anonymous comments in Estonia. He pointed out that comments can be very often vulgar and said with the bad voice and are affecting people's morality and feelings. He has well described how there was a precedent with the website Delfi.ee was sued and won becouse of anonymous vulgar comment and beeing responsible for this comment. On the second section of his wiki he describes the fighting mesures agains lame comments by different portals. Andris has put lot of facts in hes wiki and in continious order it is very easy to read and understand the current situation in anonymous comments area. References were provided with footnotes and were cited correctly. I am satisfied with the work of Andris.
Raul reiska wrote about Internet phenomenon and was using lot of wikipedia information. The flow of the Wiki wasn't very easy to read and somehow I lost myself several times and had to think about the subject again. Some points of he's wiki were trivial and not logically used. In the end I mostly understood the subject of the Wiki, and think that it should have been more informative. There were only two rows of information about ethics in the end explaining the unethical postings in one Estonian blog. Also I am not very satisfied with the references which are only taken from Wikipedia online except 1 youtube link and blogaddress for refering one Estonian blog. I am not very satisfied with the work of Raul.
I think that Andris and Raul should have picked better software for their Wiki and would have participated more in their teamwork. Its clear that they did not collaborate much as their referencing style and logical structure are different.
Wiki was composed in Google code, which is basically ok to choose but maybe not the best choise for wikipage. Users were posting their info with separate links and divided their tasks.
Andris Reiman described the short history of anonymous comments in Estonia. He pointed out that comments can be very often vulgar and said with the bad voice and are affecting people's morality and feelings. He has well described how there was a precedent with the website Delfi.ee was sued and won becouse of anonymous vulgar comment and beeing responsible for this comment. On the second section of his wiki he describes the fighting mesures agains lame comments by different portals. Andris has put lot of facts in hes wiki and in continious order it is very easy to read and understand the current situation in anonymous comments area. References were provided with footnotes and were cited correctly. I am satisfied with the work of Andris.
Raul reiska wrote about Internet phenomenon and was using lot of wikipedia information. The flow of the Wiki wasn't very easy to read and somehow I lost myself several times and had to think about the subject again. Some points of he's wiki were trivial and not logically used. In the end I mostly understood the subject of the Wiki, and think that it should have been more informative. There were only two rows of information about ethics in the end explaining the unethical postings in one Estonian blog. Also I am not very satisfied with the references which are only taken from Wikipedia online except 1 youtube link and blogaddress for refering one Estonian blog. I am not very satisfied with the work of Raul.
I think that Andris and Raul should have picked better software for their Wiki and would have participated more in their teamwork. Its clear that they did not collaborate much as their referencing style and logical structure are different.
In Search of Middle Ground: Hybrid Approaches
- Try to position yourself on the "Free vs Proprietary" scale. What would you expect from a hybrid licensing scheme?
- What is your impression about the MS Shared Source?
Hybrid licensing is good for businesses, as they can support from commercial incomes their free projects develops. I think that is one way to keep alive some projects that have really good perspective for the future.
As not a big fan of MS I am rather pessimistic with their approach. This seems like they are trying to get some community of developer under their wing with this method.
Creative Commons and Free Content Models
- How are CC licenses implemented in your country?
- Do you consider the FDL 1.3 a good solution for the incompatibility problem?
There is a "Autorõiguse seadus" in estonia, which claims that in educational use and for the educational audience materials of the author can be used by showing the autor name and other author works.
Some examples of CC licensing in Estonian webs
- Tehnokratt.net – CC-BY-NC-SA 3.0
- kultuur.info – CC-BY-NC-SA 1.0 –
- Regio Kontuurkaardid – CC-BY-NC-SA 2.0
FDL 1.3 is a good solution for compability, first it is released under licensing terms of CC-BY-SA 3.0 and has also some borrowings from GPL v3. FDL 1.3 has provided means for the violators to autmatically restore they rights.
The Uneasy Alliance: Free Software vs Open Source
Analyse both free software and open source approach in your blog. If you prefer one, provide your arguments.
I think i am mostly on free software guys side. In the way open source is giving people possibility to have source to develop the software and make it better, but still its not sayd it's totally free.
For example Oracle is willing to buy Sun, and MySql as open source software will be bought by Oracle too. And nothing can keep Oracle away to chance the licensing of the MySQL. If MySql would have been free, then there would'nt be such a problem. You can also help to save MySql -> http://monty-says.blogspot.com/2009/12/help-saving-mysql.html
I think i am mostly on free software guys side. In the way open source is giving people possibility to have source to develop the software and make it better, but still its not sayd it's totally free.
For example Oracle is willing to buy Sun, and MySql as open source software will be bought by Oracle too. And nothing can keep Oracle away to chance the licensing of the MySQL. If MySql would have been free, then there would'nt be such a problem. You can also help to save MySql -> http://monty-says.blogspot.com/2009/12/help-saving-mysql.html
The Digital Enforcement
Write a short analysis about applicability of copying restrictions - whether you consider them useful, in which cases exceptions should be made etc.
I the sense of intellectual property copy restriction as a mesure indeed. I think still that software companies can earn more money if they leave their software open for copying. For example software which is open is much easily learnable for people who don't even know hoow it works and what is good about it. So they have a chance to try it and later to consider to have a licensed copy of it. I have to admit, that I always try software before I buy it, so is this a crime? Am I a thief now? The company will anyway get their bucks. For a decade software companies are launcing shareware versions of their software which is keeping me away doing illegal copies, but still 14 days for trying is not maybe enough to understand the best needs for you.
I think copying exeptions should be allowed to universities and other learning institutions, to give a "taste of knowing" to young people and educate them to use and get profit from the software. As with the buss ticket, students and school pupils have possibility to drive free in software world it should be the same. Ofcourse there is a problem with identifying the person as beeing a student or pupil, but this can be regulated with the software use only in computer classes inside the educational institution.
I the sense of intellectual property copy restriction as a mesure indeed. I think still that software companies can earn more money if they leave their software open for copying. For example software which is open is much easily learnable for people who don't even know hoow it works and what is good about it. So they have a chance to try it and later to consider to have a licensed copy of it. I have to admit, that I always try software before I buy it, so is this a crime? Am I a thief now? The company will anyway get their bucks. For a decade software companies are launcing shareware versions of their software which is keeping me away doing illegal copies, but still 14 days for trying is not maybe enough to understand the best needs for you.
I think copying exeptions should be allowed to universities and other learning institutions, to give a "taste of knowing" to young people and educate them to use and get profit from the software. As with the buss ticket, students and school pupils have possibility to drive free in software world it should be the same. Ofcourse there is a problem with identifying the person as beeing a student or pupil, but this can be regulated with the software use only in computer classes inside the educational institution.
One Microsoft Way: the World of Proprietary Software
What could the software licensing landscape look like in 2015? Write a short (blogged) predictive analysis.
I think that software licensing landscape will turn a lot more on open way, as many comapanies such as google are launcing many different online programs. Microsoft already announced that they also are releasing google docs like office online version, but it differs from google on the matter that you need to have purchased office hardcopy. I think that as webtechnologies develop more and more many online versions of different type of software will be launced. I think as google has most powerful position in this case other competitors will also be forced to leave the licencing open.
I think that software licensing landscape will turn a lot more on open way, as many comapanies such as google are launcing many different online programs. Microsoft already announced that they also are releasing google docs like office online version, but it differs from google on the matter that you need to have purchased office hardcopy. I think that as webtechnologies develop more and more many online versions of different type of software will be launced. I think as google has most powerful position in this case other competitors will also be forced to leave the licencing open.
The Proprietary World: The WIPO Intellectual Property model
Study the Anglo-American and Continental European school of IP. Write a short comparative analysis to your blog (if you have clear preference for one over another, explain that, too).
Anglo- American (AA) and Continental European school (CES) of IP systems differ mostly in two ways as CES protects authors work without formalities and gives protection to it's different stages, but with AA the work has to be first copyright protected to avoid it's copying, because AA gives a right to make copies for the large audience in front its copyright status.
I prefer the European school, because it has wider aproach to protect a small intellectual producer work.
Anglo- American (AA) and Continental European school (CES) of IP systems differ mostly in two ways as CES protects authors work without formalities and gives protection to it's different stages, but with AA the work has to be first copyright protected to avoid it's copying, because AA gives a right to make copies for the large audience in front its copyright status.
I prefer the European school, because it has wider aproach to protect a small intellectual producer work.
The Author vs the Information Society
Read Chapter 3 "Against Intellectual Property" of the Brian Martin's book.
Write a blog review (especially, comment on his strategies for change
When I was reading the material I was widely surprised about the patent systems, that allow patents are given to organic forms found in Third World and they have to actually pay for the use.
I was amazed about the examples of patenting information such as patenting epigrams, basketball moves, choreography steps, www links which have made me thought that intellectual property has gone far from it's original aim to promote creation and ideas. Brian Martin describes interestingly describes the ineguality of the intellectual property that is helping more richer and powerful people.
Author is offering an alternative to intellectual property as straightforward means that ideas are available for anyone who wants to. Good example is language that everybody are using and scientific ideas.
There is quite nothing to do agains plagiarism in Internet times, as everyone can get access to different materials and present it as their own. Plagiarism is only protected by copyright and it's quite hard to prove.
Author interestingly offers a solution to reorganize economic system for writers who are living on royalities. He thinks that they should also recieve govermental salary as scientist do. That would reduce income of famous artist, but also would increase economic resources relased and more money for creators. I think author is right, but this system is rather too strong too change in mean time. This change has to become slowly starting from example writers and music. All this means equality in incomes and also equality in outcomes and gets away the possibility to gain power by exploiting others.
Strategies for change
People must understand that the greater value for example gene information is for the greater good and this change of thinking must come. The cost of holding intellectual property is very high and there needs to be understandment how much it all costs to reduce these costs and create more equal system. I like the idea that to fight for reducing the patentrally there should be a kind of organization who is rallying all different patents to make the system collapse for greater good. I really like the idea to have a shareright possibility to software, that if you want to use a piece of software you have to share this first. The idea that intellectual work is not just one persons effort, but also society is playing a great role for the outcome. There is not available totally original idea, that is not influenced by some earlier information. Sharing information for greater human good is one good way to have more power into creation and productivity.
Write a blog review (especially, comment on his strategies for change
When I was reading the material I was widely surprised about the patent systems, that allow patents are given to organic forms found in Third World and they have to actually pay for the use.
I was amazed about the examples of patenting information such as patenting epigrams, basketball moves, choreography steps, www links which have made me thought that intellectual property has gone far from it's original aim to promote creation and ideas. Brian Martin describes interestingly describes the ineguality of the intellectual property that is helping more richer and powerful people.
Author is offering an alternative to intellectual property as straightforward means that ideas are available for anyone who wants to. Good example is language that everybody are using and scientific ideas.
There is quite nothing to do agains plagiarism in Internet times, as everyone can get access to different materials and present it as their own. Plagiarism is only protected by copyright and it's quite hard to prove.
Author interestingly offers a solution to reorganize economic system for writers who are living on royalities. He thinks that they should also recieve govermental salary as scientist do. That would reduce income of famous artist, but also would increase economic resources relased and more money for creators. I think author is right, but this system is rather too strong too change in mean time. This change has to become slowly starting from example writers and music. All this means equality in incomes and also equality in outcomes and gets away the possibility to gain power by exploiting others.
Strategies for change
People must understand that the greater value for example gene information is for the greater good and this change of thinking must come. The cost of holding intellectual property is very high and there needs to be understandment how much it all costs to reduce these costs and create more equal system. I like the idea that to fight for reducing the patentrally there should be a kind of organization who is rallying all different patents to make the system collapse for greater good. I really like the idea to have a shareright possibility to software, that if you want to use a piece of software you have to share this first. The idea that intellectual work is not just one persons effort, but also society is playing a great role for the outcome. There is not available totally original idea, that is not influenced by some earlier information. Sharing information for greater human good is one good way to have more power into creation and productivity.
Thursday, December 10, 2009
Test review of the blocking software
Pick a blocking software package from the list above. Install it to a PC and test it by browsing the web. Try some of the supposed 'forbidden' sites as well as some controversial issues (feminism, disabilities, minorities, various political movements and organisations). Blog your experiences.
I chose to test Netnanny, since I've heard of it before, and I have a little child to grow, so I need experience how to keep my child away from "bad" websites. There is shareware version of the Netnanny 6 available to download on https://www.netnanny.com/. Price for the full download is 39 $ which is quite affordable. For the first I was a bit confused by the size of the package 30 mb. It seems like Netnanny is written in C++, because installer started to reconfigure my Windows settings for it. After installing it, I was offered to add a user, for the user profile I picked young child and was offered settings as:
Filter settings: Allowed to visit trusted websites only
Time controls: Blocked between 21.00 - 06.00
Monitoring: Enabled all activity
Games: Allowed to play Early Childhood (EC) and Everyone (E)
Then I was typically for the Windows asked to restart my computer -- press save blogpost now;)
After restarting I loged in with my child username and tried to browse internet and got this message:
So, I had to create another user with lower restrictions. When picked add new user I was offered a lot more advanced user adding interface, where I had possibility to connect the username with windows login. I chose another username and picked profile for adult, which was blocked for pornographic websites. Ok time to test to browse the porn...:)
First I just tried to type porn.com for getting access and got this message:
There were possibilities to override the and request for exeption from admin. I chose override and the website opened with all the XXX material in it:)
Then I had a thought to try some WAREZ sites to test with the default settings. I typed warez into google search and got respnse that GOOGLE safe surf is on, and the results are removed.
Also I couldnt remove the google safe search settings and got angry trying this.
I think this type of software is really useful for the parents to keep their kids away from bad websites, but for internet experts etc. this program only makes life annoying;)
I chose to test Netnanny, since I've heard of it before, and I have a little child to grow, so I need experience how to keep my child away from "bad" websites. There is shareware version of the Netnanny 6 available to download on https://www.netnanny.com/. Price for the full download is 39 $ which is quite affordable. For the first I was a bit confused by the size of the package 30 mb. It seems like Netnanny is written in C++, because installer started to reconfigure my Windows settings for it. After installing it, I was offered to add a user, for the user profile I picked young child and was offered settings as:
Filter settings: Allowed to visit trusted websites only
Time controls: Blocked between 21.00 - 06.00
Monitoring: Enabled all activity
Games: Allowed to play Early Childhood (EC) and Everyone (E)
Then I was typically for the Windows asked to restart my computer -- press save blogpost now;)
After restarting I loged in with my child username and tried to browse internet and got this message:
So, I had to create another user with lower restrictions. When picked add new user I was offered a lot more advanced user adding interface, where I had possibility to connect the username with windows login. I chose another username and picked profile for adult, which was blocked for pornographic websites. Ok time to test to browse the porn...:)
First I just tried to type porn.com for getting access and got this message:
There were possibilities to override the and request for exeption from admin. I chose override and the website opened with all the XXX material in it:)
Then I had a thought to try some WAREZ sites to test with the default settings. I typed warez into google search and got respnse that GOOGLE safe surf is on, and the results are removed.
Also I couldnt remove the google safe search settings and got angry trying this.
I think this type of software is really useful for the parents to keep their kids away from bad websites, but for internet experts etc. this program only makes life annoying;)
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