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Cryptography gives you control, but not autonomy. Open formats and standards that are fully usable on other platforms are also important. Many companies provid
by jeffdavis 11y ago
Cryptography gives you control, but not autonomy.
Open formats and standards that are fully usable on other platforms are also important. Many companies provide "export" functionality, but actually using your own data from some XML file often means a non-trivial programming project.
You need formats where you can make them usable easily, using free software (ideally several options), on multiple different kinds of platforms (cloud, local pc, mobile).
That gives real data autonomy.
- nbadg 11y agoI agree that preventing node-locking is a critical step in being able to make data decisions. I'm on a bit of a personal crusade against lock-in, actually, but I'd argue that's different from the kind of autonomy (probably better described as agency [1]) we're referring to in this context. Having control over information creation, retention, and sharing is what I would describe as agency of data possession. Node-locking, open standards, etc, create what I would describe as agency of data use. They're both incredibly important, but you can't use data without possessing it. [1] Linked because it's an infrequently-seen term outside of philosophy and sociology: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agency_%28philosophy%29 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agency_%28philosophy%29