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

["Solem, Vik P." <Vik.Solem () TUFTS EDU>]

It's not free at all.  If it were free then you would be permitted to download it without needing to sign up or have an 
account. (or have cookies enabled ...)

Many companies continue to train people to give away their information as if it is meaningless.  If you choose to 
download this book then there is a price.  As with all purchases the PRICE has a different VALUE to each person.  
$1,000 means more to some and less to others.  Just like money, purchasing habits & contact information mean more to 
some and less to others.

Calling it free is simple misleading.

The price is information about the purchaser.  For a book honoring Data Privacy, that sounds ironic to me.

-Vik

Vik Solem, CISSP, Sr. Applications Risk Consultant
Tufts University, Information Security, vik.solem () tufts edu / 617-627-4326
InfoSec Team: information_security () tufts edu / 617-627-6070



On Jan 27, 2012, at 14:21 , John Ladwig wrote:

> 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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>
> Valerie M. Vogel
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> e-mail: vvogel () educause edu
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