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Today’s websites and apps are built to compensate for an absence of trust, rather than to support its growth. Customers and companies both understand that human handshakes no longer scale in the digital age, and surrender to their replacement by a tap of the finger on a button labeled I accept. While every handshake comes with an expectation of honesty, this button never did: we know we are lying the moment we touch it, as does the author of the legalese no one expects anyone to read. Navig...| ruben.verborgh.org
There’s no single optimal way to query permissioned data on the Web. Data publication and consumption processes are subject to multiple constraints, and improvements in one dimension often lead to compromises in others. So if we cannot successfully complete the quest for the perfect data interface, what is a meaningful way to make progress? Over the years, I’ve been ripening a conceptual framework to cast light upon such decisions and their interactions within an ecosystem. In this blog p...| ruben.verborgh.org
Data without context is meaningless; data without trust is useless. 2017-12-18 is nothing but a string—until it becomes a birthdate, a wedding, or the moment a security camera registered you. Handling such highly personal data requires trust. When your personal data is shared with someone, you must be able to trust that they will only use it in the way you agreed to. When someone receives your data, they must be able to trust that it is correct and that they are allowed to use it for the in...| ruben.verborgh.org