Don't know about anyone else, but I will be thinking twice about responding to "anonymous" online surveys any more, especially those that are work-related. It seems that third-party access to a supposedly "anonymous" survey of drug use among ballplayers is how Alex Rodriguez' prior use of performance-enhancing drugs was exposed: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/16/technology/16link.html?scp=1&sq=privacy%20web&st=cse. Educators may also need to think through the implications of this re using online surveys with minors. In addition, the great minds of computer engineering are now saying that the Internet's infrastructure is decaying rapidly and will need to be "reinvented" or at least "reconfigured" soon. That could mean less individual privacy to ensure greater security: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/15/weekinreview/15markoff.html?scp=2&sq=internet&st=cseMonday, February 16, 2009
"Anonymous" A-Rod and Internet Infrastructure in Jeopardy
Don't know about anyone else, but I will be thinking twice about responding to "anonymous" online surveys any more, especially those that are work-related. It seems that third-party access to a supposedly "anonymous" survey of drug use among ballplayers is how Alex Rodriguez' prior use of performance-enhancing drugs was exposed: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/16/technology/16link.html?scp=1&sq=privacy%20web&st=cse. Educators may also need to think through the implications of this re using online surveys with minors. In addition, the great minds of computer engineering are now saying that the Internet's infrastructure is decaying rapidly and will need to be "reinvented" or at least "reconfigured" soon. That could mean less individual privacy to ensure greater security: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/15/weekinreview/15markoff.html?scp=2&sq=internet&st=cse
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Interesting ... I didn't know this was how the info came to be known. I thought about this recently with an online survey at school. It was from Survey Monkey (which I've used before) which appears anonymous, but there's probably a way to make it un-anonymous if you know what you're doing. And then Google Forms is NOT anonymous (at least how I've used it), but people may not realize that ....
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