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CERIAS Tech Report 2002-19 In Community We Trust: Online Security Communication at eBay

As e-commerce and virtual communities fundamentally change the way Americans do business and build relationships, how can people be assured of safety in unfamiliar cyberspaces? This essay focuses on online auction site eBay to understand how eBay has successfully attracted millions of users in spite of perceived risks and uncertainties. It argues that eBay is, in fact, a community (of commerce), and that the rhetorical construction of “community” on the site provides a foundation for trust between users. Based on trust theory, this essay isolates eBay's “community trust” model as consisting of seven elements that work together to give users reasons to trust and to be trustworthy. Finally, the essay examines recent changes to eBay's system, suggesting that so-called improvements for control might actually weaken the “community trust” system already in place–a warning to other sites that might imitate eBay's community approach.

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In Community We Trust: Online Security Communication at eBay

This paper seeks to explore and analyse anonymity in cyberspace. It shows that the balance between privacy of internet users and security of nations can be achieved. It starts by presenting the concept and several types of anonymity. It focuses on the internet and how anonymity can be achieved, and why it is an essential tool for free speech. The paper will also describe proposals to outlaw anonymity over the internet, since it has often been tied to criminal activity by law enforcement bodies. Finally, the paper concludes that total anonymity may be possible through the use of privacy-enhancing technologies, such as those offered by Anonymizer.com and Freenet. Moreover, educated legislators can criminalise most true anonymity in cyberspace and still pass security.

Anonymity in cyberspace: finding the balance between privacy and security

The Internet provides one of the most compelling examples of the way in which government research investments can, in time, lead to innovations of broad social and economic impact. This paper reviews the history of the Internet's evolution, emphasizing in particular its relationship to medical informatics and to the nation's health-care system. Current national research programs are summarized and the need for more involvement by the informatics community and by federal health-care agencies is emphasized.

The next generation Internet and health care: a civics lesson for the informatics community.

TheNextGeneration Internet andHealth Care: A Civics Lesson fortheInformatics Community

From the Publisher:
Like any new frontier, cyberspace offers both exhilarating possibilities and unforeseen hazards. As personal information about us travels the globe on high-speed networks, often with neither our knowledge nor our consent, a solid understanding of privacy and security issues is vital to the preservation of our rights and civil liberties. In reaping the benefits of the information age while safeguarding ourselves from its perils, the choices we make and the precedents we establish today will be central in defining the future of the electronic frontier.
Since 1991, the non-profit Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has worked to protect freedoms and advocate responsibility in new media and the online world. In Protecting Yourself Online, Robert Gelman has drawn on the collective insight and experience of EFF to present a comprehensive guide to self-protection in the electronic frontier. In accessible, clear-headed language, Protecting Yourself Online addresses such issues as:
avoiding spam [junk mail]spotting online scams and hoaxesprotecting yourself from identity theft and fraudguarding your email privacy [and knowing when you can't]assessing the danger of viruseskeeping the net free of censorship and safe for your childrenprotecting your intellectual property
Produced by the leading civil libertarians of the digital age, and including a foreword by one of the most respected leaders in global business and the cyberworld, Esther Dyson, Protecting Yourself Online is an essential resource for new media newcomers and old Internet hands alike. 
Author Biography: Robert Gelman is a writer, editor, musician, interactive media developer, andevent producer, with his roots in the performing arts. His company, BG and Associates, provides audio and other content for companies such as Mindscape Entertainment, Disney, and America Online.
He serves as a contributing editor to InterActivity Magazine and is a regular contributor to newspapers and journals on subjects of interest to interactive media developers. 
He was co-founder and producer of the seminal CyberArts International conferences and festivals, producer of the Digital Be-In, and dozens of other live high-technology events. He is a judge for the Global Information Infrastructure Awards and is a fellow of the Seybold Institute.
For those interested in a digest of views from many corners about cyber-rights and responsibilities, he offers a free email-delivered newsletter.

Bob Gelman

Papers

Protecting Yourself Online: The Definitive Resource on Safety, Freedom, and Privacy in Cyberspace