EDIT: As of today, my thesis is now the 4th most downloaded of all time (http://espace-stats.library.curtin.edu.au/most_popular_papers.pl?p=at — click the “thesis” tab then sort by “all time”) (Sorry, couldn’t resist the cheesy title).. I received a rather exciting email about my thesis today: Dear Dr Kate Raynes-Goldie I am writing to let you know that your […]
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Trains and Trees not Cars and Roads
UncategorizedAn open letter to the City of Melville, and the Governments of Western Australia and Australia in response to plans to build a freeway through the Beeliar wetlands. I moved to Perth from Toronto, Canada — a city with a great public transport system. When I lived in Toronto, I didn’t need a car because […]
Radical Transparency: Privacy after a Decade of Facebook
academic facebook privacyI spoke yesterday at ANZCA2013 in Fremantle, Australia about some of my latest work coming out of my PhD research on the philosophy Facebook, radical transparency and privacy in the context of a decade of Facebook (as of next year). A full paper is in the works, but here’s where I’m at so far. Slides Abstract The amount […]
Privacy in the Age of Facebook: Discourse, Architecture, Consequences
academic californian ideology facebook thesis[Edit October 4, 2015] For the full details on my thesis, please visit its permanent page here. In July, my PhD thesis passed examination. Today, after making the required (thankfully minor) revisions, I submitted the final version to my university! Download [pdf] or access via Curtin Library repository (eSpace) Raynes-Goldie, K. (2012). Privacy in the Age […]
Just say no to e-health records, because your doctor might think you’re a bitch.
feminism geek feminism privacyThink your privacy is protected because you have nothing to hide? I was making a follow up appointment at my dermatologist’s office today. On the reception desk right in front of me, in plain view, was a print out of a patient call list. Certainly, this was a minor violation of patient confidentiality in itself. But […]
Targeted phishing of Playstation Network victims begins?
hack phishing playstation playstation network privacy psn securityUPDATE May 6, 2011, 14:07 ET Michael Oliveira (thanks!) has suggested that this is a legit email, even though the links go to a third party rather than a Sony domain – often a clear giveaway for phishing. In this case, Michael points out the third party does appear to be legit. However, the email […]
The Dark Side of Online Group Coupons
coupons groupon social media torontoUPDATED – April 28, 2011 Groupon and other similar group coupon sites are currently a huge online trend. Consider that Groupon recently turned down a buyout offer from Google for $6 billion, prompting Google to start their own version, Google Offers. For the uninitiated, these sites offer huge discounts at local businesses if a certain […]
Annotated Bibliography: social network sites, privacy and surveillance
academic annotated bibliography facebook privacy selfsurveillance sns social media surveillance thesisI was invited to write the annotated bibliography on social network sites, privacy and surveillance for the upcoming Cybersurveillance and Everyday Life workshop at the University of Toronto, and they’ve kindly allowed me to share it here. I’ve also included, below, some other resources I’ve found useful for general social network research. [download full annotated […]
Ethnography, ideology & internet research
academic ethnography facebook internet research methodology privacy thesis[This is another brain dump of a core piece of my PhD research on Facebook and privacy. Huge thanks to Phil Moore, one of my advisors and an ethnographic guru, for helping me think this all out and make the connections.] While it may seem that they are one and the same, there is an important distinction […]
The Philosophy of Facebook (or, the real reason Facebook doesn’t care about privacy)
academic californian ideology cybernetics facebook philosophy of facebook thesisUpdate: This is an early brain dump of some of the core concepts in my PhD thesis, which I’ve now completed. For a more fleshed out version of this, please see my dissertation, which can be downloaded here. To say that Facebook does not care about privacy is really only half the story. Maybe even […]