Re: proxying Google Book Search and advertising networks to protect patron privacy

From: Karen Coyle <lists_at_nyob>
Date: Thu, 6 Aug 2009 06:48:19 -0700
To: CODE4LIB_at_LISTSERV.ND.EDU
Eric Hellman wrote:
> There are two usage scenarios.
> 1. use of resources through  a computer in the library or on a campus
> 2. use of resources from home through a proxy server in the library.
>
> I was thinking more about the second scenario.

What do you see as different between 1 and 2? (I see them as being 
pretty much the same.)
kc

>
> On Aug 5, 2009, at 4:12 PM, Nate Vack wrote:
>
>> On Wed, Aug 5, 2009 at 2:57 PM, Glen Newton - NRC/CNRC CISTI/ICIST
>> Research<glen.newton_at_nrc-cnrc.gc.ca> wrote:
>>
>>> It may/should help protect the user's privacy from the server end (from
>>> Google), not the client end.
>>
>> Yeah. When I use Google Books in a library, how would Google know who 
>> I am?
>>
>> Of course, they would know if I were to log in, but proxying doesn't 
>> solve that.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> -Nate
>
> Eric Hellman
> President, Gluejar, Inc.
> 41 Watchung Plaza, #132
> Montclair, NJ 07042
> USA
>
> eric_at_hellman.net
> http://go-to-hellman.blogspot.com/
>
>


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