News Tim Berners-Lee announces new vision for internet, putting data privacy first

[Becky]

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Tim Berners-Lee announces new vision for internet, putting data privacy first - The new platform could change the web as we know it - for the better

Personal data has become a valuable commodity. It is gathered by large corporations, traded, and used to generate as much profit as possible. After all, we do live in a capitalist world, and everything has a price.

But why should it be this way? In general people have been slow to realise the value of their personal data - that is, if they ever realise it at all - and Tim Berners-Lee, inventor of the worldwide web, wants this to change. Rather than giving away our data, he has been working...

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[Abraham Andres Luna]

Yea I would be down for a major shift in power over personal data.

 

[Becky]

It sounds really interesting, and certainly a lot simpler and more secure from the user perspective. Guess time will tell whether it actually takes off... I imagine the big tech companies won't be at all happy!

 

[Abraham Andres Luna]

I signed up for a POD and tried to use the app but it has some bugs in it. I got shown 3 or 4 different errors as I was using it

 

[Becky]

Hmm well that's not a good start!

 

[nivrip]

Tim Berners-Lee announces new vision for internet, putting data privacy first - The new platform could change the web as we know it - for the better

And about time too. Privacy should always come first.