The idea of giving random parties immunity from civil action for maximizing interoperability is downright dystopian. The direct effect would be something akin

The idea of giving random parties immunity from civil action for maximizing interoperability is downright dystopian. The direct effect would be something akin to an open access version of Facebook's API preventing lawsuits over another data breach like Cambridge Analytica. The entire article seems to border on ignoring the idea that we have data in silos that we want to be protected by more than just user permission to access that data. Especially when users can give those permissions to various parties who undergo changes of ownership. Open access is not as straightforward in the current web as it was before big data. This article did nothing to reassure me that those who believe in access have any sort of realistic plan for data privacy. Facebook is not an actor I want to trust with data and as a result I put very little data on it. But I trust the random apps made through their API by borderline unknown developers far less. I don't think someone getting access to data I have set to either friends of friends or friends because they played a quiz game is something I want an endless expansion of.