Re: [Social-discuss] How Different are Young Adults from Older Adults When it Comes to Information Privacy Attitudes and Policies?

[Samuel Rose]

On Wed, Jun 2, 2010 at 12:12 AM, Hellekin O. Wolf <address@hidden> wrote:
> I was pointed to a paper "How Different are Young Adults from Older
> Adults When it Comes to Information Privacy Attitudes and Policies?"
>
> http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1589864
>
> Two relevant points from the abstract for those who won't read it,
> beyond the fact that the study didn't find significant differences
> between young older adults regarding privacy (emphasis mine):
>
> 42 percent of young Americans answered all of our five online privacy
> questions *incorrectly*. 88 percent answered only two or fewer
> correctly. The problem is even more pronounced when presented with
> offline privacy issues – post hoc analysis showed that young Americans
> were more likely to answer no questions correctly than any other age
> group.
>
> We conclude then that young-adult Americans have *an aspiration for
> increased privacy* even while they participate in an online reality
> that is optimized to increase their revelation of personal data.
>
> ==
> hk
>
>


Thanks for sharing this, Hellekin.

It seems to me that giving the individual control of data privacy, no
matter what network, protocol, online space, etc would be an approach
that is adaptable to any demographic. At least, adaptable once the
individual masters controlling the privacy of their data with whatever
means available.

This was the goal of http://www.attentiontrust.org/ which is now
defunct, apparently.

We have a description at P2P Foundation http://p2pfoundation.net/Attention_Trust

Although, I don't think the Attention Trust approach was really
technically all that great at all. *But*, the *principle* of giving
individuals control is crucial, I believe. Attention Trust at least
got that part right.


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