Do-Not-Track-Me List

Lately I only find out about the headlines when I turn on Chicago public radio while I’m having breakfast or making dinner. One news item this week caught my interest, the “Do-Not-Track-Me List” (see this article in a Wired Magazine blog for more info).

It’s interesting to see that kind of thing making headlines. A couple weeks ago Joe Turow from U. Penn. Annenberg gave a talk at our department and these kinds of surveillance issues were part of what he talked about. From that discussion and other things I’ve read I don’t think the list will have much of an impact on the larger trends that have created the desire for such a list, but it’s good that this issue has made its way into public discussion.