Return-Path: Sender: To: CNI-ANNOUNCE Date: Wed, 21 Jul 2010 14:50:27 -0400 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from [173.66.59.10] (HELO cni-joan-mb-ic2.home) by cni.org (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.3.5) with ESMTPS id 10875174 for cni-announce@cni.org; Wed, 21 Jul 2010 13:04:34 -0400 From: Joan Lippincott Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=Apple-Mail-15-776937718 Subject: EDUCAUSE Live - Location-sharing Technologies X-Original-Date: Wed, 21 Jul 2010 13:04:08 -0400 X-Original-Message-Id: <85012773-3EE6-4710-BF7F-958D5C10C9C2@cni.org> X-Original-To: cni-announce@cni.org Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v1081) X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1081) --Apple-Mail-15-776937718 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 I know that many in the CNI community are interested in issues related = to mobile computing and issues related to privacy. This should be an = informative session. Registration details below. Joan Lippincott ------------------------------------ Next Tuesday, July 27, EDUCAUSE Live! will explore privacy issues = related to mobile computing. "Location-Sharing Technologies: Privacy Risks and Controls" http://www.educause.edu/live1020 1-2pm U.S. Eastern Time, Tuesday, July 27. No charge, but registration = required. Archived for future (re)viewing. Speaker: Lorrie Faith Cramor, Associate Professor of Computer Science, = Carnegie Mellon University http://lorrie.cranor.org/ Summary: Due to the ability of cell phone providers to use cell phone towers to = pinpoint users=B9 locations, the increasing popularity of GPS = capabilities in cell phones, and the rise of cell phones for Internet = use, a plethora of new applications have been developed that share = users' real-time location information online. Foursquare, Loopt, and = Google Latitude are just a few examples. This talk will discuss users=B9 = risk and benefit perceptions related to the use of these technologies = and the privacy controls of existing location-sharing applications. = We'll also discuss Locaccino, a location-sharing service we developed to = provide a platform for experimenting with privacy controls for end = users. Locaccino provides users with precision control over who can see = their location. While most location-based systems only allow users to = list which contacts should or shouldn=B9t be able to see their location, = Locaccino offers more granular privacy settings. EDUCAUSE Live! on Twitter: Use #EDULive to discuss this or any EDUCAUSE Live! Webcast on Twitter = before or after the event.= --Apple-Mail-15-776937718 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1


1-2pm U.S. Eastern Time, Tuesday, July 27. = No charge, but registration required. Archived for future = (re)viewing.

Speaker:  Lorrie Faith = Cramor, Associate Professor of Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon = University    http://lorrie.cranor.org/

Summary:
Due to the ability of cell phone providers to use = cell phone towers to pinpoint users=B9 locations, the increasing = popularity of GPS capabilities in cell phones, and the rise of cell = phones for Internet use, a plethora of new applications have been = developed that share users' real-time location information online. = Foursquare, Loopt, and Google Latitude are just a few examples. This = talk will discuss users=B9 risk and benefit perceptions related to the = use of these technologies and the privacy controls of existing = location-sharing applications. We'll also discuss Locaccino, a = location-sharing service we developed to provide a platform for = experimenting with privacy controls for end users. Locaccino provides = users with precision control over who can see their location. While most = location-based systems only allow users to list which contacts should or = shouldn=B9t be able to see their location, Locaccino offers more = granular privacy settings.
EDUCAUSE Live! on = Twitter:
Use #EDULive to discuss this or any EDUCAUSE Live! Webcast on = Twitter before or after the event.
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