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> The Data Transfer Project makes it easy for people to transfer their data between online services. We provide a common framework and ecosystem to accept contr
by anonytrary 8y ago
> The Data Transfer Project makes it easy for people to transfer their data between online services. We provide a common framework and ecosystem to accept contributions from service providers to enable seamless transfer of data into and out of their service.
You use product A and B. You tell B it's OK to import data from A in order to "improve the quality of services of B" and similarly for A. Now A and B both have more insight on your personal preferences, so they both win. The user "wins" because they get "improved quality of services".
- TangoTrotFox 8y agoIt's not just more insight on your personal preferences. It's the 100% certainty that one user on two different platforms is the same person. It enables companies to trade and sell your data behind the scenes with much higher levels of reliability. For instance imagine there was another TangoTrotFox on Reddit or whatever, and AI parsing of his statements led to a strong overlap in self identifying statements, vernacular, etc. You still couldn't be 100% sure it was the same person and so collating data would not necessarily be as valuable for advertising companies as it might otherwise be. And yeah, I completely agree that this is a spot where the user "wins." Congrats, you get spammed with even more heavily targeted ads, political engineering, and more. What happy days.
- anonytrary 8y ago> It's not just more insight on your personal preferences. It's the 100% certainty that one user on two different platforms is the same person. That's what I was talking about, but thanks for explaining it to anyone who may have missed the point.