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What type of data are you wanting to move? Would you just want a huge movable block of space that you could mount somewhere?

distances 10y ago
All data associated with my user account, perhaps with some kind of a schema if applicable. Other services could then implement data import features for this, or for just the part of the data that concerns the service they are providing. Basically, it should be clear that all data connected to a person is irrevocably theirs. Any provider can build services for taking advantage of the data -- but it'd be the user's right to migrate it at their pleasure.
- sqeaky 10y ago
  Standards happen so slowly. By the time people agreed on what should be in this, that agreement would be antiquated. We need something like what happened with OpenID and Oauth. OpenID may be gone, but one company made a few bucks on it and OAuth is largely inspired by it. Someone needs to find a way to make a buck moving profile data around in a meaningful way then that becomes a de-facto standard that gets copied and used all over. Then the government can regulate something that already exists rather than regulate something shitty into existence.
  - distances 10y ago
    What standards? For sure there can't be any standard that would lend itself to all of the various ways your data is used and stored.
- sjdchid 10y ago
  Does this mean that before I can add any features to my product, I have to wait for them to be part of the data standard?
  - hvidgaard 10y ago
    It is possible to make a schema such that you can add whatever you want. And this only applies to exporting the data anyway.
    - sjdchid 10y ago
      Ok, so you can export it, but only in a format that is useful to a programmer.
      - distances 10y ago
        Yes, I didn't mean it would have to conform to a standard of any kind. You'd get the data; it would be up to you (or a service you choose to use) what to do with it. Of course this wouldn't lead to any magical inter-operation of services, but that wouldn't be the point anyway.
RobertoG 10y ago
Whatsapp history from Iphone to Android for starters would be nice.
- distances 10y ago
  I'd be fine with getting my data out. Importing would be a plus, but that can't obviously be required from a business.

distances 10y ago

All data associated with my user account, perhaps with some kind of a schema if applicable. Other services could then implement data import features for this, or for just the part of the data that concerns the service they are providing. Basically, it should be clear that all data connected to a person is irrevocably theirs. Any provider can build services for taking advantage of the data -- but it'd be the user's right to migrate it at their pleasure.

sqeaky 10y ago
Standards happen so slowly. By the time people agreed on what should be in this, that agreement would be antiquated. We need something like what happened with OpenID and Oauth. OpenID may be gone, but one company made a few bucks on it and OAuth is largely inspired by it. Someone needs to find a way to make a buck moving profile data around in a meaningful way then that becomes a de-facto standard that gets copied and used all over. Then the government can regulate something that already exists rather than regulate something shitty into existence.
- distances 10y ago
  What standards? For sure there can't be any standard that would lend itself to all of the various ways your data is used and stored.
sjdchid 10y ago
Does this mean that before I can add any features to my product, I have to wait for them to be part of the data standard?
- hvidgaard 10y ago
  It is possible to make a schema such that you can add whatever you want. And this only applies to exporting the data anyway.
  - sjdchid 10y ago
    Ok, so you can export it, but only in a format that is useful to a programmer.
    - distances 10y ago
      Yes, I didn't mean it would have to conform to a standard of any kind. You'd get the data; it would be up to you (or a service you choose to use) what to do with it. Of course this wouldn't lead to any magical inter-operation of services, but that wouldn't be the point anyway.

RobertoG 10y ago

Whatsapp history from Iphone to Android for starters would be nice.

distances 10y ago
I'd be fine with getting my data out. Importing would be a plus, but that can't obviously be required from a business.