also the rhetoric of cyberbullying and internet safety (like Frontline's Growing Up Online documentary in 2008) made parents wary of their kids connecting with strangers online. Supposedly kids overshared, they didn't care about privacy, and bad things happened to them. THe internet seemed like a scary place.

is this like when David Weinberger suggests that the solution to too much information is more information?

so do we just ignore violent threats and harassment?

might be referring to this, though FB has since changed their policies: http://fox40.com/2013/04/04/woman-feels-targeted-by-facebook-over-breastfeeding-advocacy-group/#ixzz2PWC4YI92

Recent school shootings and threats can be traced to 4chan posts. I think this article explains why 4chan values anonymity so much: https://digiom.wordpress.com/2010/04/06/moot-on-4chan-and-why-it-works-as-a-meme-factory/

Not terrorist-related, but one unsettling example: http://www.sfgate.com/business/article/A-man-s-fake-Facebook-suicide-post-gets-him-6133231.php "A man's fake suicide post gets him detained"

content delivery network... akamai is a site that will store photos and videos for big websites like Facebook -- holding these assets until someone needs them. That way Facebook doesn't have to store so much content on its own servers. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akamai_Technologies

The white hat represents ethical hacking whereas black hat is malicious hacking. The Black Hat Conference, where Jennifer Granick delivered this talk, is a meeting for information security professionals.

I think she might be referring to this: http://entertainment.omgfacts.com/news/10623/Cap-n-Crunch-used-to-include-a-prize-whistle-that-unintentionally-allowed-people-bypass-international-calling-fees-ab963-1

seriously: https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg22630182.400-your-smartphones-secrets-could-help-you-bag-a-bank-loan#.VUdo7flViko A company called Cignifi is "studying how mobile data might be used to predict whether people will repay loans and how much money they will save. Their research has found that the time of day people make calls and the sorts of neighbourhoods they are calling can be useful indicators." o_0

Some people would argue these algorithms would be more accurate, less prone to human error and biases. I really like this quote that addresses that point:

There are reasons to think that data-based character judgments are more reasonable. That is only true to a point: Algorithms do not fall from the sky. Algorithms are written by human beings. Even if the facts aren’t biased, design can be, and we could end up with a flawed belief that math is always truth. From http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/07/26/using-algorithms-to-determine-character/

I was confused by cars deciding to run people over. Is this what Granick is referring to? http://www.wired.com/2014/05/the-robot-car-of-tomorrow-might-just-be-programmed-to-hit-you/

At one point he says, "If we don’t like how our tools are giving us a view of the world, we have the power to change / rewire them. We can build better tools so that we have a way to encounter the breadth and creativity of what’s out there on internet." DO we really have this power? Who is the "we"? Who has power in our culture to build / rewire tools? Is it naive to think that changing the tool will change the mindset?

This description of the filter bubble makes it sound like a pretty nice place to be. How would you describe your "universe of information" that you're currently living in? what are the different sites in your universe?

there is actually an ongoing lawsuit from the European Union regarding biases in Google's search algorithm: http://www.wsj.com/articles/google-responds-to-european-union-antitrust-charges-1440691150

This seems to be what defines hoaxes of the past from hoaxes today -- today there is much more money to be made from clicks -- it's not just for amusement and comedy.

I have found this to be true...

patterns are boring :)

Paying attention seems constraining and limiting, in these terms.

I think this passage really hits the point about how crap detection and attention are so similar. Paying attention online is about controlling the flow! i.e. having good filters, such as Twitter lists and finely tuned RSS readers like Feedly. But controlling the "flow" of information also means staying on the lookout for hoaxes and crap.

white skin as the absence of color, as the default for a child

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