As coincidence would have it, today two items on privacy come from two of my favorite people in the world. From the inimitable Wendy McElroy, this heartfelt explanation of her interest in privacy, both on line and in meatspace. Happy 98th birthday, Wendy, and I hope you get to well past the Old Took. Keep throwing jelly beans into the escalators!
From the irrepressible Claire Wolfe, this article mentions an add-on for the Google Chrome web browser, Disconnect. It says here:
A browser extension that stops major third parties and search engines from tracking the webpages you go to and searches you do[.]
According to a blog entry by the author, disconnect and its predecessor, Facebook Disconnect, have been downloaded over 100,000 times. In two months. With no advertising and minimal publicity.
Yo, Googleplex, Farcebook: what do we need to do, beat you about the ears with a cluestick?