Social norms govern the way we behave and expect others to behave in certain contexts. A social norm is widely accepted, though it often remains an informal agreement. Many believe that the expectation of privacy has been accepted as a social norm when it comes to sharing personal information, especially in a context we don’t […]

“Privacy is one of the biggest problems in this new electronic age. At the heart of the Internet culture is a force that wants to find out everything about you. And once it has found out everything about you and two hundred million others, that’s a very valuable asset, and people will be tempted to […]

[image credit privacygrade.org] Rating systems are ubiquitous shortcuts in an information-overloaded society. Movie ratings, ESRB ratings for video games, bond ratings, and crowd-sourced review sites such as Yelp and TripAdvisor all help us parse essential information at-a-glance. While they may occasionally oversimplify, the convenience and relative clarity is well worth it. The ratings provide a point […]