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Idea: A startup which holds your data, it then provides it as a service to other websites giving them it only as they need it. This will provide a single place
by bbody 12y ago
Idea: A startup which holds your data, it then provides it as a service to other websites giving them it only as they need it.
This will provide a single place where you data exists and other companies will only be able to use it as need be. Security would become a big problem however... But it could get around a lot of privacy concerns at the moment.
- Cynddl 12y agoIts name is http://openpds.media.mit.edu http://openpds.media.mit.edu, developed at MIT. OpenPDS is a service acting as a middle datastore, between the user (who can even host the service themselves), and the data consumers. The key issue here is to guarantee privacy, by responding with ‘SafeAnswers’ to the queries of external services. It's a WIP, but free and open source.