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ArnoldW2

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Tim Berners-Lee Wants to Radically Decentralize the Internet
« on: October 01, 2018, 05:32:17 pm »
Father of World Wide Web Launches Platform Which Aims to Radically Decentralize the Internet

Tim Berners-Lee, "The Father of the World Wide Web" has launched a start-up that intends to end the dominance of Facebook, Google, and Amazon, while in the process letting individuals take back control of their own data.

The mission of Inrupt.com is to turbocharge a broader movement afoot, among developers around the world, to decentralize the web and take back power from the forces that have profited from centralizing it. In other words, it’s game on for Facebook, Google, Amazon.

Berners-Lee's new online platform and company Inrupt is being described as a "personal online data store," or pod, where everything from messages, music, contacts or other personal data will be stored in one place overseen by the user instead of an array of platforms and apps run by corporations seeking to profit off personal information.

As described on the Solid.mit.edu and Inrupt.com websites the new platform will allow users to have complete control over their information 'pods' (an acronym for "personal online data store") — it is only they who will decide whether outside apps and sites will be granted access to it, and to what extent.

https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-09-30/father-world-wide-web-launching-platform-radically-decentralize-web-week
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One Reason Why He Would Want To Do That
« Reply #1 on: October 01, 2018, 05:34:53 pm »
You Gave Facebook Your Number For Security. They Used It For Ads.

A group of academic researchers from Northeastern University and Princeton University, along with Gizmodo reporters, have used real-world tests to demonstrate how Facebook’s latest deceptive practice works. They found that Facebook harvests user phone numbers for targeted advertising in two disturbing ways: two-factor authentication (2FA) phone numbers, and “shadow” contact information.

When a user gives Facebook their number for security purposes—to set up 2FA, or to receive alerts about new logins to their account—that phone number can become fair game for advertisers within weeks. (This is not the first time Facebook has misused 2FA phone numbers.)

But the important message for users is: this is not a reason to turn off or avoid 2FA. The problem is not with two-factor authentication. It’s not even a problem with the inherent weaknesses of SMS-based 2FA in particular. Instead, this is a problem with how Facebook has handled users’ information and violated their reasonable security and privacy expectations.

Second, Facebook is also grabbing your contact information from your friends.

Even if you never directly handed a particular phone number over to Facebook, advertisers may nevertheless be able to associate it with your account based on your friends’ phone books.

As Facebook attempts to salvage its reputation among users in the wake of the Cambridge Analytica scandal, it needs to put its money where its mouth is. Wiping 2FA numbers and “shadow” contact data from non-essential use would be a good start.

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2018/09/you-gave-facebook-your-number-security-they-used-it-ads
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