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A Merciless Society and the Number System: The Dangers of Record Matching in Victor Hugo’s Les Misérables (2)
Last time, I argued that combining the Internet with a universally and widely used number—a general-purpose identifier—system could put “everyone under Inspector Javert’s gaze” and…
Media Interviews Really Are Difficult
The other day, while talking with Professor Suzuki of Niigata University, we agreed that media interviews really are difficult. This was our reaction after seeing an article in the…
The 3th Masao Horibe Information Law Study Group
Beginning at 12/19 12:30 in a conference room at the National Center of Sciences, I will speak in the following session. 14:10–14:50 (40 minutes) Report 2 “The National ID System a…
The Merciless Society and the Numbering System: The Dangers of Record Linkage in Victor Hugo’s Les Misérables
Humans are creatures that forget. Forgetting leads to forgiveness, and people act on that premise. But the Internet does not forget. A person who never forgets, like Inspector Jave…
E-Woman Roundtable: “Do You Support Introducing a National Numbering System?”
E-Woman’s roundtable has begun. → Here This leading question is not good. For something like this to be meaningful, a vote must be taken after fairly presenting the views of…
Will a Number Solve Everything?
These days, giving a post a title like this can quickly prompt someone to say, “This guy is an unpatriotic opponent of the number system.” How is everyone doing? 😀 Those close to m…
Convenience and Privacy in the Digital Society
Meanwhile, @goshuket’s slides from the meeting being held in parallel are also quite impressive. “Convenience and Privacy in the Digital Society,” by @gohsuket Privacy in digital s…
GLOCOM National ID System Study Group
2010-10-07 19:00 This was fascinating. It is packed with worthwhile material that I would gladly listen to again. I wonder if someone might transcribe it for me.
Purpose, Definition, and Requirements of a National ID System: Ahead of the GIE Symposium “Considering National ID” (1)
Today is the day of the GIE symposium “Considering National ID,” but the opening speech in the panel discussion is only 5 minutes long. In 5 minutes I have no choice but to narrow…
Using Your Own Domain as an OpenID—with Failover
I saw that Gina Trapani had written a blog post about Chris Messina’s “This Week in Google.” It explains how to use your own domain as an OpenID. http://smarterware.org/6286/…