Posts with keyword: sidewiki

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It's My Browser and I'll Auto-Click if I Want To!

Fri Oct 30 15:02:00 2009

A month ago, I posted a piece claiming my right to a purpose-centric web. In it, I stated: I claim the right to mash-up, remix, annotate, augment, and otherwise modify Web content for my purposes in my browser using any tool I choose and I extend to everyone else that same privilege. Not surprisingly, the EFF agrees with me. Not on this exact issue, but in the spirit of the user having the right to control the experience on their own machine. They say: Free file hosting provider MediaFire seems to think that, when you follow
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The Futility of Positively Identifying Commenters

Tue Sep 29 09:44:00 2009

Image by El Tipo Gráfico via Flickr A recent NY Times article discusses the Chinese order for Web sites to register and post comments using their true identities. Of course, in a totalitarian regime (are we calling China that these days?) identity is a tool that the state uses to control dissent and it's clear that's what's behind this. This article caught my attention because of the attention that SideWiki has been getting this week. John Gillmore said "The Net interprets censorship as damage and routes around it." SideWiki is an example of how what China's attempting is ultimately
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Claiming My Right to a Purpose-Centric Web: SideWiki

Thu Sep 24 08:50:00 2009

Image via CrunchBase Yesterday Google released a small project called SideWiki. SideWiki, enabled by the Google Toolbar, allows people to write commentary about Web pages and see the comments that other have left. The service is opt-in: people can install the toolbar or not and even when it's there, turn SideWiki off if they don't want to see it. But it's not opt-in for a site--you can comment on any page without the permission of the owner. The reaction has been interesting. I've seen tweets from people about how they thought it was wrong for people to be able
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