Talk:John Wisniewski

Jesse Bruner's comment

Hi John! Let me start with I'm very impressed how locked-down you've kept yourself. I also really enjoyed this and thought you did an excellent job. I particularly found your idea of address privacy, and how that could have an impact on voting. I myself have been eerily aware of how easy it is to find someone's exact address in most states, but never thought how that could relate to voting. I always thought of it in terms of the privacy/safety sphere, but you're right: if everyone was aware that by registering to vote, their information would be easily-available online, I think we would see less people vote. One critique I have is in regards to this statement: "One of my primary goals in life is to feel comfortable in both in-person and online environments. Privacy and Data collection play a significant role in this." This to me is your thesis (for a lack of a better word) and I believe is not done proper justice in context to the rest of what you have written. Why does it play a significant role? Perhaps summarize your previous points in what ways you have lost control of how you are presented. That said, well done! It was both thoughtful and insightful.

Samantha Thick's comment

Hi John, I appreciate your opening idea that you “live under the illusion of data privacy” because I too work hard to achieve data privacy but know being completely private in todays world is nearly impossible. I appreciate your breakdown of LinkedIn as well because that is the sole search result for my name and I never investigated the privacy settings either. I particularly like your thought about how the publication of personal addresses through voting records could affect someone’s decision to vote. This is an interesting idea I had never thought of and has a lot of merit behind the argument.

As for your writing style, it was very easy to read but you might improve the flow of your page by reordering some topics. For example, I might put the “Privacy Policy” section before the “Private Information” section to keep the more technical talk also appearing in the “LinkedIn” section together. Overall, very interesting page and you make a lot of great points about being drawn between being public but also being private.