| Great list! I tried to think of a persuasive, semi-automated way to use it and came up with this: First, make a website where you would log in with Facebook or Google (and optionally give your Twitter handle) and then give answers to questions like the ones above. Filled-in answer forms would be stored and then (by default) accessible to the public (through a search form and a "latest" column on the front page). Include a small checkbox at the bottom to keep the filled-in form hidden from the public but available to the government upon request. Now, when people say they "have nothing to hide" to you on-line do the following: 1. Link them to that website. 2. At this point they will most likely try to qualify their initial statement with a "from the government". 3. Bring to their attention the checkbox at the bottom. 4. "But the owner of the website might sell the data anyway!" 5. You are now at a good starting point for an in-depth conversation about privacy ("How is this different from Facebook?"). Of course, this is rather manipulative and could become obnoxiously overused, but would you rather this tool existed or not? Feel free also to suggest your improvements. |