As a developer I am going to try it out and help test it. Anyone else in?
https://solid.inrupt.com/get-a-solid-pod
If anything it is an opportunity to try something new...
The article isn’t real clear how the technology works.
You have your own private pod stored on a server. That’s good for some private information, especially information stored by apps.
But that’s not going to secure your browsing history, what you post to social media, etc.
So much of the privacy issue is that people expect to have free services. These companies have to make money somehow
and if they aren’t charging for their server, you are the product.
Their are companies building walkie-talkie type of devices that connect to smartphones and by pass the Internet. They create their own private mesh networks.
That might be a better way to try and get around google/fb, etc.
We really need a combination of Law and Technology to restore a measure of privacy.
As a developer I’m going to dig in. If you start a ping list please add me.