Social bookmarking solutions like the already established del.icio.us, digg, stumbleupon continue to expand in new directions. One of the latest additions is the page-tracking solution Cluztr. Cluztr registers each webpage you visit, you can share pages you have browsed with friends, aswell as see who’s on the same page as you and then chat or leave a message on the website.
TechCrunch’s article, where I discovered Cluztr, is titled: Social Bookmarking Meets Big Brother: Cluztr and I think that title sums it up pretty well. Although it is a good concept, I would rather have what little privacy is left which I have surfing on public computers and insecure wifi networks.
For some, privacy will always be a concern, but not everyone.
Web behavior is moving in a direction where people are more willing to give us aspects of their privacy to get services in return.
Anonymity on the web never existed. Google, Yahoo, Amazon – are all collecting data and creating a profile of you … but why not use that data and get some back from it? I mean it’s your data.
Privacy will always be a concern, for some, not everyone.
Web behavior is moving in a direction where people are more willing to give us aspects of their privacy to get services in return.
But to many people it’s still like getting into a pool of cold water, some people jump right in, others take their time. To each their own, and Cluztr facilitates that.
Clickstreams can be set to public or private, where only your friends can view it. Additionally, other features allow users to distill their clickstreams by tagging sites or pages as “private”. This effectively gives users full control over their own clickstreams.
Hmm, some interesting aspects you have pointed out. Thank you.
Yes, we do often forget, I most definitely have just now, about the giants, Google etc., that have been mining data for years.
There is something about the illusion of privacy as well so I believe by tagging or setting pages to private that may very well be a solution : )
Maybe I will give it a second chance.
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