Nobody wants to own your data

Data Science Ghent Meetup, 12 December 2019

Nobody wants to
own your data

Ruben Verborgh

Ghent University – imec

No single company out there
actually wants your data.

However, many operate
under business models
that require such data.

So they collect it.

Let’s redefine the relation
between people, apps, and data.

By taking control of our data flow,
we take control of our choices.

Privacy is nothing but a byproduct
of sustainable innovation.

With Solid, you choose where you store
every single piece of data you produce.

You can grant apps and people access
to very specific parts of your data.

Separating app and storage competition
drives permissionless innovation.

Solid is not a company or organisation.
Solid is not (just) software.

Solid is an ecosystem
- standards enable interoperability
Solid is a movement
- shifting the app builder mindset
Solid is a community
- different people, companies, and organisations

Solid is an ecosystem of data and apps
that work seamlessly together.

data pods
- profile
- photos
- comments
- likes
- …
applications
- photo album
- meeting invites
- document collaboration
- …
standards
- HTTP
- URL
- RDF
- LDP
- LDN
- …

The best way to predict
the future is to invent it.
Alan Kay

[photo of Alan Kay] — ©2008 jeanbaptisteparis

The best way to invent
the future is to predict it.
John Perry Barlow

[photo of John Perry Barlow] — ©2007 Joi Ito

Nobody wants to
own your data

Ghent University – imec