... Right now, he says, the uneven balance on the internet means that ordinary people have to share their data with apps only to be bombarded with “all sorts of horrible advertising”. But his new company, Boston-based Inrupt, hopes its technology could redress this balance, redraw the web and seize power over data back from the titans of Silicon Valley and put it in the hands of ordinary users. How that works is complicated. Solid stands for “social linked data”. It is a form of web decentralisation, essentially taking information out of the giant servers of technology companies such as Google and Facebook and storing it with individuals. Under the Solid system, individuals have a “pod” that stores all of their personal details. They can then link this up to apps, which can use that data for trusted and specified purposes. A user has the ability, at any time, to revoke their right to that material. ... https://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/2020/11/15/sir-tim-berners-lee-plans-... -- EN ===================================================================== Prof. Enrico Nardelli Dipartimento di Matematica - Universita' di Roma "Tor Vergata" Via della Ricerca Scientifica snc - 00133 Roma tel: +39 06 7259.4204 fax: +39 06 7259.4699 mobile: +39 335 590.2331 e-mail: nardelli@mat.uniroma2.it home page: http://www.mat.uniroma2.it/~nardelli blog: http://www.ilfattoquotidiano.it/blog/enardelli/ http://link-and-think.blogspot.it/ ===================================================================== --