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Mozilla need to take responsibility for their part in the construction of a world that allows such easy mass surveillance. The 'Open Web' puts a heavy emphasis
by anon1385 13y ago
Mozilla need to take responsibility for their part in the construction of a world that allows such easy mass surveillance. The 'Open Web' puts a heavy emphasis on centralisation of user information.
- zimbatm 13y agoIn what way the publication of HTML specifications and their implementation puts an emphasis on centralising data ? It does facilitate the transmission of data but it could be to your personal server over HTTPS.
- betterunix 13y agoHTML5 is all about centralizing computation. It is pretty pointless to host a web app for one person's use; you can avoid many headaches and a lot of latency by running software locally. The only advantage network access has in that scenario is synchronizing data across multiple devices, but you do not need all the fancy HTML5 features or fast Javascript to do that; you just need a file sharing protocol.
- sp332 13y agoIt is not pointless to run a web app for one person's use. You could probably find a bunch of people here who do just that (I'm one of them). Standardization means that it's easy to move your data to any web service you like, and you can move your web app to any hosting provider you like. Even your own bedroom.
- sp332 13y agoThe open web is supposed to prevent user lock-in and make it easy to choose where you put your data.
- anonyfuss 13y agoYou can choose to put your data anywhere you want, as long as it's in the cloud, in plaintext and readable to the vendor.
- betterunix 13y agoIn practice, it fails miserably at that.
- shardling 13y agoHeh, and a closed web would be better? This is kind of a borderline troll -- a nonsensical, sweeping generalization that will provoke a strong response. Let's not have this comment thread grow too deep. :)