Is now a good time to revisit the "API to me" notion that Brendan put forward? "How do we keep data from being pulled out and turned into a commodity in someone else’s walled garden?" [1]
In a world of connected devices we have a matrix of personal data, permissions and context that seems to grow exponentially with each new device and use case. We need a user-agent in the middle of this that is trustworthy and accountable, smart enough and empowered enough to act on our behalf. We need to explore ways to reverse the flow of personal data - from our human online selves and our devices - so that each user can exert control on what gets sent, where and when - rather than the "send everything, filter later" paradigm. Right now its hard to even contemplate how we could get a handle on the data we explicitly publish and quietly shed as we go about our lives. I don't have much in the way of answers, but I do think that thinking about an "API to me" is a useful place to start. I'm not sure if this would be literally an API built into gecko (navigator.me?) or perhaps an extensibility framework built around a firefox accounts core that lets 3rd parties request data or some permission (or some combination of both?) Was there further discussion on this idea at the time? I'm only finding the slides for that talk: http://www.slideshare.net/BrendanEich/taysom-seminar which only mention the idea on the last slide. Possibly this list isn't the right place to ask? I'm interested in your thoughts, /Sam 1. http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/02/the-public-trial-of-mozilla-ceo-brendan-eich-part-ii-interview/
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