Comments on: Vote for Open Government Data http://flowingdata.com/2008/11/13/vote-for-open-government-data/ Strength in Numbers Sat, 20 Mar 2010 01:47:02 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: shopyield.com › Nation’s CTO http://flowingdata.com/2008/11/13/vote-for-open-government-data/#comment-18263 shopyield.com › Nation’s CTO Thu, 13 Nov 2008 23:51:09 +0000 http://flowingdata.com/?p=1129#comment-18263 [...] Via Flowing Data…   [...] [...] Via Flowing Data…   [...]

]]> By: Nathan http://flowingdata.com/2008/11/13/vote-for-open-government-data/#comment-18252 Nathan Thu, 13 Nov 2008 22:41:03 +0000 http://flowingdata.com/?p=1129#comment-18252 Oh yeah, vote for net neutrality too definitely. You get 10 votes and can only dedicate a maximum of three towards one topic, so put 3 in there for the nn Oh yeah, vote for net neutrality too definitely. You get 10 votes and can only dedicate a maximum of three towards one topic, so put 3 in there for the nn

]]> By: Richard http://flowingdata.com/2008/11/13/vote-for-open-government-data/#comment-18245 Richard Thu, 13 Nov 2008 22:24:07 +0000 http://flowingdata.com/?p=1129#comment-18245 PS: Here's some good information about the proposed Australian censorship filter. http://www.nocleanfeed.com/ You can expect that if it goes ahead here, other countries will not be too far behind. PS: Here’s some good information about the proposed Australian censorship filter.

http://www.nocleanfeed.com/

You can expect that if it goes ahead here, other countries will not be too far behind.

]]> By: Richard http://flowingdata.com/2008/11/13/vote-for-open-government-data/#comment-18244 Richard Thu, 13 Nov 2008 22:22:38 +0000 http://flowingdata.com/?p=1129#comment-18244 Sure, API's for data would be really nice. But net neutrality is a real threat that every country must defend. Here in Australia our government is trialing web filtering technology which they intend to make mandatory for all Internet users in Australia. There is no clear definition about what will and won't be blocked by the filter. This means that legal material that the government feels is inappropriate for it's citizens will be blocked. Best estimates expect this will slow our Internet down by approximately 30%. Please vote for net neutrality!!! Sincerely Rich Sure, API’s for data would be really nice. But net neutrality is a real threat that every country must defend.

Here in Australia our government is trialing web filtering technology which they intend to make mandatory for all Internet users in Australia.

There is no clear definition about what will and won’t be blocked by the filter. This means that legal material that the government feels is inappropriate for it’s citizens will be blocked.

Best estimates expect this will slow our Internet down by approximately 30%.

Please vote for net neutrality!!!

Sincerely
Rich

]]> By: Leadhyena http://flowingdata.com/2008/11/13/vote-for-open-government-data/#comment-18242 Leadhyena Thu, 13 Nov 2008 21:53:56 +0000 http://flowingdata.com/?p=1129#comment-18242 Well, I'd be really cautious about what they should put out there. The government already does a poor job removing SSNs from public documents, can you really trust them with assuring other personal data stays out of the feed or at least properly anonymized? I love the results that fall out of the aggregated data (a lot of what visualization is really all about) but care must be taken that someone's personal data doesn't get exposed as a data point unless they earn that notorious distinction. (aside: In the future, it won't be called "getting your name in the papers". Rather it will be "shouting your name in the feed".) Well, I’d be really cautious about what they should put out there. The government already does a poor job removing SSNs from public documents, can you really trust them with assuring other personal data stays out of the feed or at least properly anonymized? I love the results that fall out of the aggregated data (a lot of what visualization is really all about) but care must be taken that someone’s personal data doesn’t get exposed as a data point unless they earn that notorious distinction. (aside: In the future, it won’t be called “getting your name in the papers”. Rather it will be “shouting your name in the feed”.)

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