Re: Free Download of Matt Ivester's Book Available Now (until Jan. 30)!

["Don M. Blumenthal" <don () DONBLUMENTHAL COM>]

I have an Amazon account from which I download Kindle books regularly for a Kindle, iPad, and Android phone,  and have 
no reason to question Amazon's security or privacy practices.

I'm also part of the "security community" but I intend what' s to follow merely as an observation, not a criticism. I 
intend to download the book but, despite the fact that I can understand why free distribution is being done this way, I 
still find it ironic that I must disclose information in order to get something that's being made available at no 
charge in honor of DPD.

Don


On Jan 27, 2012, at 2:30 PM, Tonkin, Derek K. wrote:

> John,
>
> Pardon the rant but what is the irony here?
>
> I mean I suppose you were hoping that you could just download an ePub copy, right?  So far as I can tell the author 
> hasn't produced the book in that format.
>
> It is Kindle-only which is not my preference but for goodness sakes as "security people" must we always find 
> something to complain about?  I'm not sure what privacy concerns you have with Amazon but it didn't take much info at 
> all to create an account and download the app (an e-mail address, which doesn't even require verification; a name 
> which you can make up; and a password).  What privacy are you giving away, your IP and user-agent?  As a security 
> community we'd probably get a lot more traction with our users if we didn't come off as negative, know-it-alls.
>
> Done ranting,
>
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> Derek Tonkin
> Information Security Analyst
> Information Technology Services - Security
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: The EDUCAUSE Security Constituent Group Listserv [mailto:SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU] On Behalf Of John 
> Ladwig
> Sent: Friday, January 27, 2012 1:22 PM
> To: SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU
> Subject: Re: [SECURITY] Free Download of Matt Ivester's Book Available Now (until Jan. 30)!
>
> And, you can't download the free book without logging in to Amazon.   And, near as I can tell, it's Kindle- or 
> Kindle-apps-only.
>
> In honor of Data Privacy Day.  
>
> The irony, it drips.
>
>   -jml
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: The EDUCAUSE Security Constituent Group Listserv [mailto:SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU] On Behalf Of 
> Valerie Vogel
> Sent: Friday, January 27, 2012 12:34 PM
> To: The EDUCAUSE Security Constituent Group Listserv; John Ladwig
> Subject: [SECURITY] Free Download of Matt Ivester's Book Available Now (until Jan. 30)!
>
> Starting today (through January 30), you can download Matt Ivester's book - "lol...OMG! What Every Student Needs to 
> Know About Online Reputation Management, Digital Citizenship, and Cyberbullying" - for free from Amazon in honor of 
> Data Privacy Day:
> http://www.lolomgbook.com/#!vstc5=ebook
>
> Matt Ivester will also be joining us for a special EDUCAUSE Policy webinar next Monday, January 30, 1-2 pm EST. 
> http://www.educause.edu/policy/dataprivacy 
>
> We hope you'll have a chance to read the book and join us for a lively discussion on Monday!
> Thanks,
> Valerie
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