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It just occurred to me that Gravatar data is owned by the same folks who decided on selling Tumblr data for AI training: https://www.theverge.com/2024/2/27/2408
by btown 3y ago
It just occurred to me that Gravatar data is owned by the same folks who decided on selling Tumblr data for AI training: https://www.theverge.com/2024/2/27/24084884/tumblr-midjourney-openai-training-data-deal-report https://www.theverge.com/2024/2/27/24084884/tumblr-midjourne... …
While I don't know enough about the nuances to weigh in on this specific proposal, decentralized solutions are going to become increasingly important!
- toomuchtodo 3y agoI like this idea, but would want my email provider (Fastmail, in this case) to offer configuring and serving the well known info. If I move providers, this config should be exportable as part of the bundle to migrate. Gravatar was interesting to proof of concept the idea, but it should not be a centralized service, it should be a protocol or protocol extension. Conversely, I am unsure if a directory service specifically for this is needed (versus leaning on existing open and established systems), but I could be wrong.
- bananapub 3y agogravatar is already quite creepy - it's not uncommon for random websites to show a gravatar icon, in public, for a user, without prompting, thus exposing your real identity without permission purely because you didn't use a throwaway email address.