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Wednesday, 7th July 2010

Erasing all Digital Footprints 'Impossible'

From a San Francisco Chronicle Article:

The idea of tracing our steps through the digital jungle and departing it like we were never there seems too ambitious, almost unfathomable. But what would it take for an individual to erase his digital footprint? Is it even possible to exit the Internet?

The short answer is no.

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"There are lots of ways for you to inadvertently send your information to the Internet," said Ryan Calo, a residential fellow at Stanford Law's Center for Internet and Society. "It surprises me, even as a person who has worked in this field for a number of years, how easy it is for information to flow from one point to another."

The article focuses primarily what's on the open web or social networks. It mentions that public records have been available for a long time but doesn't talk about how these records can have value added material and powerful interfaces available online legally for a fee.

The article also mentions services like ReputationDefender and the Web 2.0 Suicide Machine, a free service that in one click can remove your profile and content from many several social nets.

Finally, you'll find mentions of The Internet Archive and LC, specifically, the Twitter archive. However, it doesn't mention that the Twitter archive at LC will not be accessible to the general public and will have an embargo before the material is accessible. Another version of the Twitter archive will be accessible via Google and without an embargo. More here.

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