Internet Generativity

Harnessing the Generative Internet to Fight Badware

The generativity of the internet is its greatest strength, and also its greatest weakness. How can we harness the collective power of generativity to combat the uglier side of what openness brings to the net? StopBadware aims to use community action to fight badware. How have other groups used, are currently using, and could potentially use the Internet's generativity to help protect users from malware and related issues?

Note to fellow Berkmaniacs: We'd be interested in collaborating with folks working on broader online safety issues too (Digital Natives folks & child protection? Diane R and domestic violence via spyware? etc.)

Coordinated by: StopBadware team (esp. Max & Erica)

Potential panelists (this is brainstorm, no invites or confirmations yet):

• JZ as moderator
• someone from a security vendor
  • someone from Trend Micro
  • Alex Eckelberry from Sunbelt
• Paul Laudanski from CastleCops
• maybe someone from Google - Eric Davis?
• someone from Cult of the Dead Cow (a gray-hat hacking group)
• someone successful at harnessing Internet crowds
  • Jimmy Wales
  • SJ Klein
  • Project Gutenberg?
  • Arianna Huffington?
  • Amanda Michel from Off the Bus
• someone from Digital Natives or Second Life, etc.
• someone from SiteAdvisor
• Jeff Williams

Questions for discussion:

• What is already being done to use mass collaboration against badware?
• What can we learn from other issues and groups using crowdsourcing?