Either way, it should mostly just scare the shit out of you.

So why not use an OFFLINE app? Why give data to you so you can monetize it?!

This is just too weird for me. Can’t say I wish you the success. Privacy implications are just too great.

Amazing new service Cluztr (see TechCrunch)….

Why? Because your clickstream (what you are paying attention to) is of value, it has tangible worth.

But this data is about you, shouldn’t you own it, control it, sell it and get value from it?

カナダのオタワのソーシャル・ブックマーキング・サイト、Cluztrはユーザーの閲覧履歴をビッグブラザーのように監視してくれる。（アニメの）ホーマー・シンプソンが喜びそうなDel.icio….

Yesterday on TechCrunch I read about Cluztr, a new web service which enables you to publish your clickstream (basically, your web browser’s history) for any and all to see. From TechCrunch:
Every site you visit is recorded and posted live to the …

For example, http://www.twitter.com/home/ may be in a clickstream, which is someone’s personal Twitter homepage, if I click the link all I get is redirected to a login page.

As Duncan explained, Cluztr adheres to the principles and guidelines outlined by the non-profit organization AttentionTrust.org. Users maintain full control over data collected and we are completly transparent to how that data is used. In fact, users have to opt-in to allow Cluztr to make use of the anonymous data to better our service, as opposed to Google, Yahoo, online advertising etc. that track you without your knowledge or consent.

If you want to be conned or have your identity stolen, keep on using this crap.

I visited Google HQ the other week. At their reception area, they have a projector displaying streaming search terms. Basically, a scrolling list of what people are searching for. They have excellent auto filtering for adult content and human viewers who add even more layers of filtering. However, in 5 minutes of watching the scroll I saw multiple results that I probably shouldn’t. People entering in personal information and searching on it, adult terms and so on.

This site reminds me of that. No matter how much control they give us, we’re bound to let something slip that we really don’t want to. So no thank you, I’ll stick to social bookmarking sites that don’t monitor my every move.

GJ
http://www.60in3.com

Why not let advertisers bid directly on each user’s profile, with Clutzr, in some sense, stepping out of the role of middleman and instead taking only a cut? Each user could opt in to, or out of, only advertisements for certain kinds of products, services, etc. This kind of self-selected targeted advertising would be powerful–and decidedly non-zero-sum. The potentially huge value added by self-selected targeting would ensure that publishers wouldn’t be hurt (and probably helped).

The point with any application is that it cannot be everything to everyone… the internet is a big place.

The other option is to have unidentified spies, whereby someone can listen but the speakers remain anonymous to the spy..

one day people will be put on video goggles with microphones and people will be able to live the lives of others… what do you think?

My friend Mark Krynsky, from lifestreamblog.com speaks a lot about such privacy issues. In a recent article, he put it like this: clickstream data are … “harmless interesting data nuggets compared to the amount of private data about us that we can’t control sitting on corporate computers and hard drives all over the world.”