- From: Paola Di Maio <paola.dimaio@gmail.com>
- Date: Thu, 8 May 2014 14:20:57 +0530
- To: ProjectParadigm-ICT-Program <metadataportals@yahoo.com>, "public-swisig@w3.org" <public-swisig@w3.org>
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Milton thanks for the example, could be a case study? have started a new thread, to delve into the topic perhaps you could you help expound, in a few sentences at your convenience the relation between SW interfaces and privacy, perhaps using your example as a case I presume some aspects of the case are policy issues, and some are technical if something informative emerges, could be included in some paper at future point cheers P On Wed, May 7, 2014 at 8:37 PM, ProjectParadigm-ICT-Program < metadataportals@yahoo.com> wrote: > Thanks for your kind words. When I started up the discussion about the > Internet of Humans in various online fora, including SWISIG, I got back a > lot of feedback mentioning the need to standardize and focus on the > security and privacy requirements. > > But what really got me moving were two articles I found through a search > on the website of Privacy International; > 1. > NEW YORK UNIVERSITY > SCHOOL OF LAW > PUBLIC LAW & LEGAL THEORY RESEARCH PAPER SERIES > WORKING PAPER NO. 13-64 > LAW & ECONOMICS RESEARCH PAPER SERIES > WORKING PAPER NO. 13-36 > Big Data and Due Process: Toward a Framework to Redress Predictive Privacy > Harms > Kate Crawford and Jason Schultz > October 2013 > > 2. > de Montjoye, Y.-A., Hidalgo, C.A., Verleysen, M. & Blondel, V.D. > Unique in the Crowd: The privacy bounds of human mobility. Sci. Rep. 3, > 1376; > DOI:10.1038/srep01376 (2013). > > These spell out in detail the harms inflicted on individuals if security > and privacy issues are not addressed > > I quote the summary of the second article: > > We study fifteen months of human mobility data for one and a half million > individuals and find that human mobility traces are highly unique. In fact, > in a dataset where the location of an individual is specified hourly, and > with a spatial resolution equal to that given by the carrier’s antennas, > four spatio-temporal points are enough to uniquely identify 95% of the > individuals. We coarsen the data spatially and temporally to find a formula > for the uniqueness of human mobility traces given their resolution and the > available outside information. This formula shows that the uniqueness of > mobility traces decays approximately as the 1/10 power of their resolution. > Hence, even coarse datasets provide little anonymity. These findings > represent fundamental constraints to an individual’s privacy and have > important implications for the design of frameworks and institutions > dedicated to protect the privacy of individuals. > > Which means that all current apps that use geo-spatial data are already > infringing on privacy and security in a big way and this will only get > worse with the advent of medical apps which according to a recent report > already number in the 80,000 plus. > > My choice to help stimulate creation of the SWISIG Community Group was > partially based on some assumptions and my intuition. > > Since HCI and machine to machine interaction require intelligence driven > interfacing the work of our community group can be seen as covering a lot > of ground. But we have powerful allies out there willing to assist us. > > I hope to inspire more of our group to come forward and make a commitment. > > What we can do as a working group is important > > Milton Ponson > GSM: +297 747 8280 > PO Box 1154, Oranjestad > Aruba, Dutch Caribbean > Project Paradigm: A structured approach to bringing the tools for > sustainable development to all stakeholders worldwide by creating ICT > tools for NGOs worldwide and: providing online access to web sites and > repositories of data and information for sustainable development > > This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended > solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. > If you h > ave received this email in error please notify the system manager. This > message contains confidential information and is intended only for the > individual named. If you are not the named addressee you should not > disseminate, distribute or copy this e-mail. > On Wednesday, May 7, 2014 10:38 AM, Paola Di Maio < > paola.dimaio@gmail.com> wrote: > Thanks a lot Milton > > its great to have some commitment - > > We need commitment (especially in standardization) to be multilateral, > rather than solely based on the needs/requirements of a single > individual/party to get enough credibility > > Thanks for getting the ball rolling and Let's hope enough people will join > to make the effort stand on its feet , and lets check the form in a couple > of days, if the transition does not happen now, at the earliest opportunity > hereafter :-) > > PDM > > On Wed, May 7, 2014 at 6:27 PM, ProjectParadigm-ICT-Program < > metadataportals@yahoo.com> wrote: > > I have just submitted my response and hard commitment. I have been able to > finally arrive at this hard commitment, because of the necessary > standardization work that I am already required to do in light of my > research efforts and proposed projects that will be submitted for funding > under Horizon 2020, the European Union research funding program. > > > Milton Ponson > GSM: +297 747 8280 > PO Box 1154, Oranjestad > Aruba, Dutch Caribbean > Project Paradigm: A structured approach to bringing the tools for > sustainable development to all stakeholders worldwide by creating ICT > tools for NGOs worldwide and: providing online access to web sites and > repositories of data and information for sustainable development > > This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended > solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. > If you have received this email in error please notify the system manager. > This message contains confidential information and is intended only for the > individual named. If you are not the named addressee you should not > disseminate, distribute or copy this e-mail. > On Wednesday, May 7, 2014 2:32 AM, Martin Voigt < > martin.voigt@tu-dresden.de> wrote: > Paola, all, > > I totally agree with you. > > Further: can you provide access to the documents ;-) > > Cheers, > Martin > > > Am 07.05.2014 05:39, schrieb Paola Di Maio: > > > > > > Dear all > > Welcome to new members :-) > > > > This is a reminder that the deadline is approaching to make a final > decision > > I already submitted a 'not ready yet' response to the survey, based on > > the lack of explicit/firm commitment of members to specific actions so > far > > > > When at least name 5 members (not anonymous !!) make an explicit > > commitment to deliver some WG output, we can consider a transition > > > > So far we have had two negative responses and (one anonymous positive > > response which does not make any commitment) > > > > *http://tinyurl.com/op7gg55* > > > > I dont think anonymous responses count when it comes to WG > > matters, we need serious committed individuals which are willing > > to put their name, (face?), time and weight behind the proposed work > > > > One of the anonymous entries in the reply form asks what is the charter, > > The minimal charter is on the wiki, > > https://www.w3.org/community/swisig/wiki/Main_Page > > feel free to suggest how it should evolve it further > > > > To warrant for the success of the WG we request explicit commitment of > > members to goals and actions, and will recommend that W3C considers > > requesting stronger and more (could add this to the charter?) > > > > There are still a few days, so if you think we should transition to WG > > please state exactly what is your plan of action, so that we can all > > support it > > before 10 May at the most. > > the form is here > > > > *http://tinyurl.com/mnr3fqe* > > > > > > Either way, it will be good to keep thinking along these lines > > because the issue will crop up again next year! > > > > This community is now actively recruiting for future WG leaders > /co-leaders > > so that as soon as we are 'mature' we can make a firm and smooth (!) > > transition > > > > Thank you! > > > > PDM > > > > > > > > PDM > > > > > > On Sun, Apr 20, 2014 at 11:16 PM, ProjectParadigm-ICT-Program > > <metadataportals@yahoo.com <mailto:metadataportals@yahoo.com>> wrote: > > > > Can we take unitl like May 1, 2014 to try to finalize a > > transition? If by May 1 next we do not all feel comfortable > > about this we can do a poll and take a consensus based decision. > > > > regards > > > > Milton Ponson > > GSM: +297 747 8280 <tel:%2B297%20747%208280> > > PO Box 1154, Oranjestad > > Aruba, Dutch Caribbean > > Project Paradigm: A structured approach to bringing the tools > > for sustainable development to all stakeholders worldwide by > > creating ICT tools for NGOs worldwide and: providing online > > access to web sites and repositories of data and information for > > sustainable development > > > > This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential > > and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to > > whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in > > error please notify the system manager. This message contains > > confidential information and is intended only for the individual > > named. If you are not the named addressee you should not > > disseminate, distribute or copy this e-mail. > > On Sunday, April 20, 2014 3:02 AM, Paola Di Maio > > <paola.dimaio@gmail.com <mailto:paola.dimaio@gmail.com>> wrote: > > Greetings SWISIG members > > > > Yesterday I filled out a form to W3C more or less saying we are > not > > ready yet to transition to WG, (I reply quickly sometimes not to > > forget) > > > > Only after hitting the send button > > it occurred to me I should have consulted with co-chair and > > group members > > > > We can change our response til 10 May, so if enough ppl think > > we should transition this year, please stepfforward and > > state your commitment to make things happen, and we'll resubmit > > > > Otherwise, let's see if plans mature in their own time > > > > Thanks, happy Spring Holidays to all > > > > PDM > > > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > > From: *Paola Di Maio via WBS Mailer* <webmaster@w3.org > > <mailto:webmaster@w3.org>> > > Date: Sat, Apr 19, 2014 at 7:45 AM > > Subject: [wbs] response to 'Determining which Community and > > Business Groups transitions to Working Group' > > To: paola.dimaio@gmail.com <mailto:paola.dimaio@gmail.com>, > > team-community-process@w3.org <mailto: > team-community-process@w3.org> > > > > > > The following answers have been successfully submitted to > > 'Determining which > > Community and Business Groups transitions to Working Group' > > (public) for > > Paola Di Maio. > > > > > > > > --------------------------------- > > > Your Community Group or Business Group > > > ---- > > > Please, name the Community Group or Business Group for which > > you are > > > submitting answers. > > > > > > > > Name of your Community Group or Business Group: SEMANTIC WEB > > INTERFACES > > (SWI) SIG > > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------- > > > State of your Community Group or Business Group > > > ---- > > > Is your Community Group or Business Group: > > > > > > > > > > * ( ) Active and ongoing and nearing completion > > * ( ) Inactive because it has completed its work > > * (x) Active and ongoing and far from completion > > * ( ) Inactive because the original scope is no longer > > relevant or because > > the CG never got momentum > > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------- > > > Goal of your Community Group or Business Group > > > ---- > > > Is the goal of your Community Group or Business Group: > > > > > > > > > > * (x) To provide a specification > > * ( ) To be a discussion forum for specifications done elsewhere > > * ( ) Other (please specify) > > You checked "other", please specify: > > a high level specificationn > > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------- > > > Status of the spec of your Community Group or Business Group > > > ---- > > > What are your specification transition plans? > > > > > > > * ( ) We have already handed off all or part of a > > specification to a > > Working Group. > > > > * ( ) We plan to request that a specification transition to a > > Working > > Group within six months. > > > > * ( ) We have a specification that is a candidate for > > transition to a > > Working Group but have no schedule yet for doing so. > > * (x) We do not plan to transition a specification to a > > Working Group > > (provide details in the next question). > > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------- > > > No transition to a Working Group > > > ---- > > > We do not expect to transition to a Working Group for the > > following > > > reasons (check all that apply): > > > > > > > > > > * [x] Too early, insufficient number of implementations yet. > > * [ ] Too narrow, not a key part of the Open Web Platform. > > * [ ] A Community Group or Business Group is good enough, > > Working Groups > > have too much bureaucracy. > > * [ ] We suspect that key players will not want to make > > Working Group > > patent commitments. > > * [ ] Too many key players are not Members of W3C and would > > not want to > > follow the work into a Working Group. > > * [ ] Other (please specify). > > You checked "other", please specify: > > exploratory work, community is still loosely engaged so far > > maybe if one or two ears if things mature > > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------- > > > Open comments > > > ---- > > > Please, let us us know of anything you feel is relevant to > > complete your > > > answers. > > > > > > > > Comments: > > > > > > > > > > These answers were last modified on 19 April 2014 at 02:14:48 > > U.T.C. > > > by Paola Di Maio > > > > > Answers to this questionnaire can be set and changed until > > 2014-05-11. > > > > Regards, > > > > The Automatic WBS Mailer > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > ----------------------------------- > Dipl.-Medieninf. Martin Voigt > PhD student > > Technische Universität Dresden > Faculty of Computer Science > Institute of Software and Multimedia Technology > 01062 Dresden > > fax : +49 (351) 463-38518 > web: http://mmt.inf.tu-dresden.de/voigt > > email: > martin.voigt@tu-dresden.de > skype: m.voigt.1982 > linkedin: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/martin-voigt/9/3a0/64b > twitter: https://twitter.com/#!/m_a_r_t_i_n > > > > > > > >
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