ICYMI — Data Portability, Inference & Bottle Babies
A slightly revised version of my data portability article was featured on Techdirt, which is a huge honor. Mike Masnick is a mensch, and even gave me some good food for thought on how to further flesh out my arguments. The Techdirt piece is a much, much better version and you should read it.
More recently, I wrote a piece on what happens when everything about us becomes inferable, and how changes to, and shifting interpretations of the law + advances in AI, data analytics and other tech may lead to a deeply uncomfortable future. I sincerely worry that as legislatures, courts, and regulators take an increasingly absolutist view on these matters, the natural outcome won't be less data collection -- just more user fatigue. This preprint study by Nair, et al., is also worth a read. And here’s my post, if you missed it.
I wrote more from the heart in my piece on fostering kittens and the particular struggles and stresses that come from man…
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