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> Your data is no longer in a bazillion places on the Internet, controlled by you-have-no-idea-who. It's yours. If you want your insurance company to have acces
by drummer 7y ago
> Your data is no longer in a bazillion places on the Internet, controlled by you-have-no-idea-who. It's yours. If you want your insurance company to have access to your fitness data, you grant it through your pod.
Nothing stops a third party to record the data once you gave access and sell it. Even after you remove access they can keep their copy. So what use is this pod thing?
- jonbronson 7y agoIt's step one. Step two is to utilize applicatonis/companies that have your privacy in mind. The fact that you own/control the data empowers you to choose rather become stuck.
- Existenceblinks 7y agoYeah, imagine back then if Microsoft Excel were ads-based application. I think it's how native apps phoning home these days.
- bobwaycott 7y agoPerhaps this can eventually combine with companies having to agree to a T&C or EULA type of contract to have access to your data. Such a contract can prohibit copying, at the user’s discretion, or stipulate that revoking access must result in deletion of all copies of that data, automatically. Some other mechanism can then be put in place to detect and deal with bad actors. Perhaps there could even be some sort of verification of compliance, whereby services/companies must undergo a process that requires proving these systems/processes are in place and operational. This does nothing for the results of what a third party does with your data—such as models trained with your data—but there are options for removal of data. Of course, it’s ultimately up to users to be cautious about sharing their data.