Hi. I've been thinking about a possible project for a while, about reclaiming control over my personal information. Taking ownership of it. The latest version goes something like this:
I hand my personal info to an organization (hopefully non-profit and free). I then specify who is allowed to access my personal information and under what conditions. The conditions are presented in the form of something like a software license. (the standard... you can use this information as long as you abide by these rules.) I (the customer/owner of personal info) can change the rules depending on who I give access to my information. One of the possible rules I can apply to my friends (those I trust), for instance, is the right and ability to freely disseminate my personal information to other people they trust in turn, so long as they (my friends) make the third party receiver of my info aware of the license I've applied to third parties. (or whatever.) I imagine a web based interface for the initial setup and as a good central software if/when this thing ever grows beyond the web. A nice plus of this is when I move or change my phone number, or even change my email address, I only have to update one location. I envision a database like this serving as a nice back-end for potentially all software and devices that need accurate, current contact info. I've been thinking about for quite a while. it's just spinning up there. I haven't really talked about it though. anyone think this is an interesting idea? - Anna _______________________________________________ RLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.rlug.org/mailman/listinfo/rlug
