… a global plan of action to make our online world safe and empowering for everyone.
… apparently. What do you all think?
@JohnPhilpin I've heard it both ways: 1. it's a start, a minimal "floor" if you will for greater corporate and govenmental awareness of of where the vague boundaries of online privacy should be, or 2. it's a whitewash so vague that even worse offenders like Google and FB can sign on for "cover".
I view it a little like the UN, mainly a toothless talking society, but yet over time some of the better principles set out have gained currency. It's a first step in a long and ongoing conversation and negotiation.
@bradenslen @JohnPhilpin I agree with Brad. At least it's written in English with some common sense statements about good directions to go. It seems far more clear than his earlier work promoting the Solid standards. I had no clue at all about what the heck that was all about! Did you??
@bradenslen Me too! Which seemed so strange, because the web and hypertext were so easy to understand. Was he now speaking in tongues?
@Ron I don't think he was speaking to end users like you and me. Especially end users like you and me that don't code. Solid was for device makers, digital content providers and software/app makers and that was who he was talking to. He wanted them to implement Solid into their stuff. That group pretty much ignored it so nothing ever trickled down to you and me. Working from memory, that's my hunch.
@bradenslen I'm sure you're right, Brad. As I was trying to understand what he was writing about, I realized it was for software people, and nothing I would ever need to know about, so I turned the page.
@JohnPhilpin I am just glad that there is something about what every party involved with Internet should be doing.