Current Events > Inventor of internet WWW wants people to take back their data. Provides means to

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https://www.cnn.com/2022/12/16/tech/tim-berners-lee-inrupt-spc-intl/index.html

The internet has come a long way since Tim Berners-Lee invented the world wide web in 1989. Now, in an era of growing concern over privacy, he believes its time for us to reclaim our personal data. Through their startup Inrupt, Berners-Lee and CEO John Brucehave created the Solid Pod or Personal Online Data Store. It allows people to keep their data in one central place and control which people and applications can access it, rather than having it stored by apps or sites all over the web.
Users can get a Pod from a handful of providers, hosted by web services such as Amazon (AMZN), or run their own server, if they have they the technical know-how. The main attraction to self-hosting is control and privacy, says Berners-Lee.
Not only is user data safe from corporations, and governments, its also less likely to be stolen by hackers, Bruce says.
I think weve all come to realize that the value of the web is embodied in the data available on it, he adds. In this new world of you looking after your own data, it doesnt live in big silos that are lucrative targets for attackers.

Owning your own data and really controlling your own commerce infrastructure is something that Web 3 will enable. It will be ultimately really transformational for users.
Berners-Lee hopes his platform will give control back to internet users.
I think the public has been concerned about privacy the fact that these platforms have a huge amount of data, and they abuse it, he says. But I think what theyre missing sometimes is the lack of empowerment. You need to get back to a situation where you have autonomy, you have control of all your data.

Would be cool if this is the future. Everyone controls their own data and corps can pay for it

I do not ever see this idea happening in my lifetime or ever with the kind of scum running the planet.

It's like giving people the best Adblock and VPN software for free lol.

Most people would make their pods publicly accesible for anyone because it is easier. Companies that access the data can still copy it somewhere else after accessing it. I dont see how this would solve the problem

Interesting...

If it's being hosted on their servers then it's as private as hosting shit on Google Drive.

Ignoring the fact that it's completely laughable someone would claim that a data hosting service like Amazon is a means of protecting your data from companies using it, this is no different than the EU updating their privacy policy which forced every website to make you accept their cookies before entering the site. All this will do is make users click one more I accept button before using a web page.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/0/3/9/AAe3AqAAEAmf.png

s0nicfan posted...

All this will do is make users click one more I accept button before using a web page.

"Please allow access to your pod to continue"