Ok - so you have a pod that contains your data. That you control. Only POD compliant apps can use this data store. (Which you control).
I do like the concept, but it is a partial solution.
FB/Google will never go for this as it would break their business model.
The Pod model may start slow but then grow with time. Perhaps it will hit critical mass at some point (Network effect).
We had better do something as the writing is on the wall in terms of censorship. They have figured out that even with all their advantages they can’t compete in the market place of ideas...So now they just want to shut our side out of the debate.
Guess were really talking about 2 different problems. Free-Speech and Privacy. But they are both very important for our side to complete and to have a healthy Republic (notice I didn’t say democracy :^)
That appears to be an intended feature.
Guess we're really talking about 2 different problems. Free-Speech and Privacy.
I think those are one in the same, mostly. The approach Sir Timothy is taking preserves both. It's quite easy to create an encryption model that only the pod owner can decrypt, or provide decryption access to a select few, not including the facility that houses the pod. But in that model, your security and privacy is only as good as your friends. Choose wisely.
“Ok - so you have a pod that contains your data. That you control. Only POD compliant apps can use this data store. (Which you control).”
And it has no registry, And it’s all encrypted, And you can set up your own personal server to store your pod on in your own machine.
There wouldn’t be anything FB/Google could do about it. The only way it could be stopped would be at the service point. And ISPs would be cutting their own throats if they did this. New “Pod friendly” ISPs would replace them.
So here’s what will happen if his takes off. FB, Twitter and Google will have to straighten up and fly right or be destroyed which they deserve.
The words “Well... I’ll just go get a pod then!” will actually hold some weight they will have to be worried about and cannot just dismiss.
I can’t believe the arrogance these companies have. They deserve every bit of something else becoming a viable option to destroy them.