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We should also focus on educating folks on self hosting and the value of owning their own data. Kids are taught way too early these days to put everything in t
by candiddevmike 4y ago
We should also focus on educating folks on self hosting and the value of owning their own data. Kids are taught way too early these days to put everything in the cloud, no clue what local files are, etc.
- __MatrixMan__ 4y agoI'm not sure we should tell them that "own" is something people do with data (data not being scarce and not having a distinct location in space/time like other things that are owned). But I agree that future generations would benefit from being more thoughtful about what they share with whom.
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- jrootabega 4y agoIf you choose to own your own data, you certainly, literally, can, at a price. If you choose not to, you can also not own it. You cannot own all data, and you do need to be able to understand the difference.
- __MatrixMan__ 4y agoI don't understand the difference. We're not talking about trademarks, parents, or copyrights here. I don't think we're talking about read or write access either. What does it mean to own data? Wouldn't that require that there be a ledger somewhere that kept track of which data had been transferred to whom? Property rights are typically accounted for and enforced by an authority and when I look around I just don't see anything like that for data.
- jrootabega 4y agoAh, I have to agree that not all ownership concepts can apply to data, such as transfer like you mention. And if you lose control of your data it would be impossible to put it back into your sole control.