To respond to this story, get the free Medium app. Open in app Kylie Stedman Gomes Kylie Stedman Gomes almost 2 years ago

we need bold new frameworks to ensure that technology benefits and protects everyone in society. Governments could and should invest in open infrastructure so that the basics of communi... Absolutely. How about a Global Commons Trust (i.e. 3rd sector, not Market or State)? With an appropriately chartered Global Commons Trust, as a free (opt-in) union of individuals across the planet, charging rents and fees for private use of common res... Read More 23

Marc Howard Marc Howard almost 2 years ago

9 Hi Irina I love your Personal Data Store concept and which that I had one! You did lose me a bit at “The way we tackle this is to push for regulation around open protocols, not by expecting everyone to switch.” People will switch from FB or Twitter to a better solution if they are incentivized to do so. Regulation is limitation in options. If you… Guy de Vere Guy de Vere almost 2 years ago

Cleverest article title ever, since it means different things depending on if you’ve heard of solid before. But I fundamentally disagree that: 1)centralised governments can solve this de-centralised global challenge 2)your analysis of what solid is. ... Read More 4

Vlad Kahoun Vlad Kahoun almost 2 years ago

7 1 Hi Irina, I always love your open-mindedness and insight! Phillip Gibb Phillip Gibb almost 2 years ago

What we need is participation in this Self-Sovereign Identity space. Right now, with very few organisations participating, it is hard to see value. Already there are companies and more importantly financial institutions that want in. When we start se... Read More 2

Dan Waylonis Dan Waylonis almost 2 years ago

1 Interestingly enough, Apple’s iCloud provides much of this functionality with client and server encryption: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT202303 I would be nice to have something like an “onion-skin” approach to exposing / authorizing multiple levels of data access as well as providing fine-grained control over which… Alex Russell Alex Russell almost 2 years ago

Solid is a W3C endorsed 1 1 Solid is not W3C endorsed. The W3C endorses internet standards through its “recommendation track” process (or “Rec Track” in the parlance). You can see the full list of W3C Recommendations here: Fredrik Lindén Fredrik Lindén almost 2 years ago

Great article, agree with most every thing except for that the APP market is well catered for; it is crap right now. SSI and PDS will help greatly in that. Apart from that I like the comment from Vlad about; Absolute Interoperability. I am supporting ... Read More 2

Arpitmathur Arpitmathur about 1 year ago

Good information on privacy it's very helpful Article lost of other thing clear in my mind now https://uberaudit.com/quickbooks-payroll-support/ How solid is Tim’s plan to redecentralize the web? Irina Bolychevsky Irina Bolychevsky Oct 4, 2018 · 6 min read